A60 crash in Mansfield on 18 April 2017 at 16:56 involving an Alexander Dennis bus
A motorcycle and an Alexander Dennis bus were involved in a crash on the A60 in Mansfield at 16:56 on Tuesday 18 April 2017. A male passenger in the Alexander Dennis bus, a 4-year-old male passenger in the Alexander Dennis bus and a 14-year-old female passenger in the Alexander Dennis bus were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Apr 2017
- Tuesday, 16:56
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Alexander Dennis
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.15506, longitude -1.19351, in the NG19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Mansfield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Mill Lane, Mansfield, NG19 9BQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Mansfield
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201731A076817
- Council area
- Mansfield
- Police force
- Nottinghamshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Nottinghamshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 60
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 9%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 91%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 February 2016.
Slight
Transbus Int crash on the A60 in Mansfield, 10 February 2016
2 m awayRef 201631A036716
Slight
BMW M3 crash on the A60 in Mansfield, 12 May 2011
2 m awayRef 201131A121811
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A60 in Mansfield, 21 June 2014
2 m awayRef 201431A147914
Slight
Van crash on the A60 in Mansfield, 11 December 1985
4 m awayRef 1985317F81993
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A60 in Mansfield, 26 October 1994
4 m awayRef 1994317M81583
Serious
MG ZR crash on the A60 in Mansfield, 11 August 2006
4 m awayRef 20063102A2388
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
Vehicle 2: Alexander Dennis
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 4,500 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Alexander Dennis)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 4, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Alexander Dennis)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 14, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Alexander Dennis)
- 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 201731A076817 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Mansfield road accident statistics for 2017.