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Unclassified road crash in Rotherham S62 on 14 November 2018 at 14:30 involving an Alexander Dennis bus

An Alexander Dennis bus crashed on an unclassified road in Rotherham at 14:30 on Wednesday 14 November 2018. A 70-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Nov 2018
Wednesday, 14:30
Vehicles
1
Alexander Dennis
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.46794, longitude -1.3369, in the S62 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rawmarsh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Rawmarsh East, Rotherham, S62 5AL area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Rotherham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018140345844
Council area
Rotherham
Police force
South Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
No

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
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Road surface
Dry

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, 13 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 March 1982.

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
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    6,700 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 70, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Alexander Dennis)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Boarding

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 2018140345844 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Rotherham road accident statistics for 2018.