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B1523 crash in Northumberland on 13 December 2017 at 10:27 involving a VDL bus

A VDL bus crashed on the B1523 in Northumberland at 10:27 on Wednesday 13 December 2017. A 70-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
13 Dec 2017
Wednesday, 10:27
Vehicles
1
VDL
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.10739, longitude -1.52974, in the NE24 postcode district and within the built-up area of Blyth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Newsham, Northumberland, NE24 4TL area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017100249742
Council area
Northumberland
Police force
Northumbria
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1523
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 2 November 2022.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: VDL

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    6,700 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 70, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (VDL)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 2017100249742 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Northumberland road accident statistics for 2017.