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Unclassified road crash in Amber Valley DE56 on 24 January 2017 at 13:30 involving an Alexander Dennis bus

An Alexander Dennis bus crashed on an unclassified road in Amber Valley at 13:30 on Tuesday 24 January 2017. An 81-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Jan 2017
Tuesday, 13:30
Vehicles
1
Alexander Dennis
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.00831, longitude -1.42628, in the DE56 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kilburn and Horsley Woodhouse. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kilburn, Denby, Holbrook & Horsley, Amber Valley, DE5 8NW area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Amber Valley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017301700179
Council area
Amber Valley
Police force
Derbyshire
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
4%
Estimated chance it was slight
96%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 September 2022.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Alexander Dennis

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    4,500 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 81, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Alexander Dennis)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Boarding
    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

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 2017301700179 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Amber Valley road accident statistics for 2017.