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#428
Jimmi
Jimmi
RE: Bus incidents
(11 Jul 2025, 3:45 pm)BusLoverMum wrote https://share.google/yAci72ko4qP3WliPz

Weardale bus involved in Crash in Barnard Castle, while running a school service. It's a northern echo link.

Looks to have been YJ14BBK which was on the 96 service, also appears to have been taken to Gardiners Coach Repairs at Spennymoor following the incident from looking at the tracking:  https://bustimes.org/vehicles/shil-yj14-.../750017837
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#432
Michael
Michael
RE: Bus incidents
Seen a post about a bus getting its windows put out in the dip at Hylton Castle heading towards Castletown.

Checked bus times and it looks like it was 5441 - https://bustimes.org/vehicles/gnel-5441?date=2025-09-26


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Vandalism affecting service 35 in Hylton Castle
Today 19:54 - 27th Sep 2025

Affected routes:
35
Due to vandalism on the junction of Cranleigh Road and Canterbury Road in Hylton Castle, service 35 will be diverted for the remainder of service today.

Please catch your bus from Washington Road.
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#435
BusLoverMum
BusLoverMum
RE: Bus incidents
Allegedly, 6317 was involved in the accident at County Hall, yesterday. The guy who was rather excitedly telling everyone on the 64 about it, this morning, might have been making assumptions but bustimes has it caught up in the disruption at the right time and it's off the road today.
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#437
Adrian
Adrian
RE: Bus incidents
(20 Nov 2025, 6:22 pm)BusLoverMum wrote https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/nor...p_AppShare

Another bus shelter demolished and a lucky escape for a lad waiting for the bus.

Anything for a sob story in the Chronicle!

Unlike the City Centre ones, this one is with snow and ice on the road, and I think the driver has been trying to get as close to the kerb as possible to avoid slips or falls. Unfortunately, as described, it sounds like the bus has hit ice and then the shelter.

Could have been nasty, yes, but it wasn't. Not sure it's worth running to the papers and going back out there to get a photo with sad faces.
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#438
Shrek
Shrek
RE: Bus incidents
(20 Nov 2025, 6:27 pm)Adrian wrote Anything for a sob story in the Chronicle!

Unlike the City Centre ones, this one is with snow and ice on the road, and I think the driver has been trying to get as close to the kerb as possible to avoid slips or falls. Unfortunately, as described, it sounds like the bus has hit ice and then the shelter.

Could have been nasty, yes, but it wasn't. Not sure it's worth running to the papers and going back out there to get a photo with sad faces.

It's still a serious incident and whilst nobody was hurt, that's more down to luck. I'd say this is something the Chronicle should be reporting on.
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#439
Storx
Storx
RE: Bus incidents
(22 Nov 2025, 11:53 am)Shrek wrote It's still a serious incident and whilst nobody was hurt, that's more down to luck. I'd say this is something the Chronicle should be reporting on.

There's road accidents every day all over the place, the paper would be full of minor accidents if we reported everyone as someone 'nearly' did something. Just because it's a bus makes no difference.

Mind as crap as the Chronic is these days, it'll probably suit them to the ground.
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#440
morritt89
morritt89
RE: Bus incidents
Can anyone remember the incident in icy weather several years ago where a bus hit a patch of ice and spun round. I believe it to be the Felling bypass (or at least near Heworth) and it was a yellow bus Olympian (possibly X10).

I've seen several news reports during the stretch of wintery weather involving large vehicles 'coming to grief' including at least 3 about snow ploughs/gritting trucks in various parts of the country.

Not sure what the aim is, scare people into not going out?
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#441
Shrek
Shrek
RE: Bus incidents
(22 Nov 2025, 2:28 pm)Storx wrote There's road accidents every day all over the place, the paper would be full of minor accidents if we reported everyone as someone 'nearly' did something. Just because it's a bus makes no difference.

Mind as crap as the Chronic is these days, it'll probably suit them to the ground.

I completely disagree, I think when it involves a professional driver it always becomes newsworthy, whether that's a bus/truck/ambulance driver etc. I also think this is a serious incident where it's good fortune that nobody got hurt. I'll be interested to see what the report from the investigation shows.
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#445
Storx
Storx
RE: Bus incidents
(27 Nov 2025, 11:51 am)Andreos1 wrote Wonder what this looks like on Bus Times?

Zig zags galore!

Bet he's got some explaining to do, as unless Arriva have different rules, I thought bus drivers aren't meant to reverse a bus full stop without a spotter (company rules rather than law), never mind doing a u-turn.
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#446
PH - BQA
PH - BQA
RE: Bus incidents
(27 Nov 2025, 9:31 pm)Storx wrote Bet he's got some explaining to do, as unless Arriva have different rules, I thought bus drivers aren't meant to reverse a bus full stop without a spotter (company rules rather than law), never mind doing a u-turn.

There are multiple places Arriva buses reverse in service without a spotter, even excluding bus stations. Thropton and Craster spring to mind. 

U-turns are a different matter of course.
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#447
Storx
Storx
RE: Bus incidents
(27 Nov 2025, 10:34 pm)PH - BQA wrote There are multiple places Arriva buses reverse in service without a spotter, even excluding bus stations. Thropton and Craster spring to mind. 

U-turns are a different matter of course.

Yeah fair, wasn't too sure on the rules with Arriva. 

I know it's been mentioned before, I believe with Stagecoach, that they weren't meant to do it, at all, outside bus stations. There's quite a few videos around on moron car driver channels with stand offs with First buses down South aswell, under the same rule.

I know one of the 57A appears to have a similar incident last week aswell (https://bustimes.org/services/57a-cramli.../807126073) - luckily he was awake as that would've been a nasty mistake, hasn't been an incident down there for awhile either.
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#448
Andreos1
Andreos1
RE: Bus incidents
(28 Nov 2025, 5:55 pm)Storx wrote Yeah fair, wasn't too sure on the rules with Arriva. 

I know it's been mentioned before, I believe with Stagecoach, that they weren't meant to do it, at all, outside bus stations. There's quite a few videos around on moron car driver channels with stand offs with First buses down South aswell, under the same rule.

I know one of the 57A appears to have a similar incident last week aswell (https://bustimes.org/services/57a-cramli.../807126073) - luckily he was awake as that would've been a nasty mistake, hasn't been an incident down there for awhile either.

There was Stagecoach operated, Oxford secured service that I was on, that reversed in a public car park as part of its route. 
Somewhere around Ducklington.

Wouldnt have been that long ago in the grand scheme of things either.
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#449
BusLoverMum
BusLoverMum
RE: Bus incidents
We caught the 32 from Houghton to Hetton, once, and that had a point where it went to a bus stop in a housing estate then had to turn into a cul-de-sac and reverse out again so it could double back on itself. Looking at the map on bustimes, I'm not sure that it was meant to, mind.
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#450
Storx
Storx
RE: Bus incidents
(28 Nov 2025, 7:37 pm)Andreos1 wrote There was Stagecoach operated, Oxford secured service that I was on, that reversed in a public car park as part of its route. 
Somewhere around Ducklington.

Wouldnt have been that long ago in the grand scheme of things either.

God knows, guess it's just varies by area as it definitely examples of it existing; especially with Firstbus as there's loads of drivers confirming it all over the place on the net. Insurance reasons no doubt.
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