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Unclassified road crash in Slough SL2 on 1 October 2018 at 16:10 involving a Mercedes bus

A Mercedes bus hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Slough at 16:10 on Monday 1 October 2018. A 12-year-old female pedestrian and a 33-year-old female 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 Oct 2018
Monday, 16:10
Vehicles
1
Mercedes
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51815, longitude -0.59163, in the SL2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Slough. It is one of the crashes that make up the Elliman, Slough, SL1 3RB area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Slough

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018430315929
Council area
Slough
Police force
Thames Valley
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
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
5%
Estimated chance it was slight
95%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 April 2011.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    62 years
    Engine capacity
    6,370 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 12, hit by vehicle 1 (Mercedes)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 33, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Standing 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 2018430315929 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Slough road accident statistics for 2018.