(19 Oct 2023, 3:49 pm)Unber43 wrote I hate to speculate but the recent crash in manchester apparently the driver was reving before he went into the building, perhaps the handbrake slipped off

Its not uncommon for drivers to rev at bus stations

It is quite easy for a driver (not just a bus one) to have an incident by pressing the wrong pedal - thinking your foot is on the brake but it is in the throttle.

Apparently between April 2010 and January 2022, TfL has identified 244 incidents involving buses relating to pedal confusion.