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Serious B6286 crash in County Durham on 20 September 2019 at 12:35 involving an Optare bus

An Optare bus and a Mercedes Sprinter van were involved in a crash on the B6286 in County Durham at 12:35 on Friday 20 September 2019. An 85-year-old female passenger in the Optare bus was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
20 Sep 2019
Friday, 12:35
Vehicles
2
Optare and Mercedes Sprinter
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.69746, longitude -1.7106, in the DL15 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in County Durham

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2019110883083
Council area
County Durham
Police force
Durham
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6286
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Less serious
How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 90 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 April 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Optare

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    5,900 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    14 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes Sprinter

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    2,143 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 85, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Optare)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger
    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    10% 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 2019110883083 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the County Durham road accident statistics for 2019.