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Unclassified road crash in Crawley RH11 on 1 December 2017 at 14:30 involving a Scania bus

A Scania bus crashed on an unclassified road in Crawley at 14:30 on Friday 1 December 2017. A 24-year-old female passenger and a 1-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Dec 2017
Friday, 14:30
Vehicles
1
Scania
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.10547, longitude -0.22962, in the RH11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Crawley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Gossops Green & North East Broadfield, Crawley, RH11 8BZ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Crawley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017471706847
Council area
Crawley
Police force
Sussex
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
West Sussex

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 224 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 19 September 2010.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Scania

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    9,400 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    12 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 24, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Scania)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 1, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Scania)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% 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 2017471706847 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Crawley road accident statistics for 2017.