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A60 crash in Gedling on 15 May 2017 at 13:30 involving an Alexander Dennis bus

An Alexander Dennis bus crashed on the A60 in Gedling at 13:30 on Monday 15 May 2017. A 65-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 May 2017
Monday, 13:30
Vehicles
1
Alexander Dennis
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.08496, longitude -1.17087, in the NG15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ravenshead. It is one of the crashes that make up the Newstead Abbey, Gedling, NG15 9HG area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Gedling

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201731D091617
Council area
Gedling
Police force
Nottinghamshire
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Nottinghamshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
60
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, 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
6%
Estimated chance it was slight
94%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 October 2025.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Alexander Dennis

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Lane or location
    Bus lane or busway
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    6,696 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 65, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Alexander Dennis)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Standing passenger
    Home area deprivation
    10% least 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 201731D091617 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Gedling road accident statistics for 2017.