More Bus Crashes

 The Dept of Transport tell us bus accidents are are, I will you be the judge of that as you read through the pages

 
LONDON AREA
Schoolgirls cheat death after bus smash 24 July 2001
Barnet : Seatbelts probably saved the lives of ten schoolgirls when
their coach overturned and ploughed into railings during Monday's morning
rush hour.
 
http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/8115347.Bus_crashes_
into_shop_front_as_driver_faints_at_the_wheel/
A BUS driver fainted at the wheel causing the single-decker vehicle to swerve into a shop front in the centre of St Albans this afternoon
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http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/archive/2001/07/31/
Local+London+Archive/6405566.Ten_injured_as_second
_bus_crashes_into_bridge/
A bus crashed into a railway bridge at South Norwood for the second time
in a week on Saturday, leaving ten people with minor injuries.
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WALTHAMSTOW: Bus crashes into McDonald's
9:05am Thursday 15th January 2009
A BUS crashed into a McDonald's restaurant in Walthamstow, causing traffic chaos during rush hour
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Friday, 18 January 2008
A man who watched in horror as a bus smashed into the front room of his Tottenham home says he has "no hard feelings" towards the driver
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14 February 2003
Bus crashes after driver blacks out
A bus careered out of control on to tram tracks after its driver blacked out shortly before 11pm on Wednesday.
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http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/archive/2002/03/14/Local+London
+Archive/6352574.Shoppers_flee_as_bus_crashes___runaway_
bus_ploughs_through_shop_window/
14 March 2002
Shoppers flee as bus crashes - runaway bus ploughs through shop window
 
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http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/archive/
2001/08/01/Local+London+Archive/6405003.
Second_bus_crashes_into_railway_bridge/
1 August 2001
Second bus crashes into railway bridge
Children on the top deck of a bus ducked for cover as it crashed into a railway bridge at South Norwood on Saturday, for the second time in a week
 
 
http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/archive/2001/01/05/Local+London
+Archive/6437414.Concern_over_ice_on_the_roads_as_bus_
crashes_into_lamp_post/
 Concern over ice on the roads as bus crashes into lamp post
January 5, 2001 11:33: A route 371 bus crashed into a lamppost after skidding on ice as it travelled through Richmond last Thursday morning
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http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/5081416.Bus_crashes
_into_bus_shelter/
4:38pm Wednesday 24th March 2010
A BUS crashed into a bus shelter in Church Street this afternoon.
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School trip bus crashes into bridge

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28 July 2005
A double decker bus carrying Hounslow school children rammed into a railway bridge on Wednesday - slicing the roof off and leaving a number of passengers wounded
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http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/archive/2002/06/10/Local+
London+
Archive/6328094.Bus_crashes_into_garden/
June 2002
A 75-YEAR-OLD Bromley woman says it was a miracle she was not killed when a bus careered into her back garden
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 15 August 2001

Tourist bus crashes into pier
HOLIDAYMAKERS came to the rescue when a blundering Plumstead bus driver crashed a double-decker full of day-tripping evangelists into a
seaside bridge
 
19 December 2007
THIS was the scene in St Albans this afternoon after a bus crashed through
a fence and was left stuck above St Albans railway line
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22 October 2009
A DOUBLE decker school bus bus carrying dozens of pupils home from school collided with parked cars in Beaconsfield tonight - after the driver collapsed at the wheel
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A CAR collided with a bus in Golders Green this morning.
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http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/whereilive/localheadlines/
1376615.Two_bus_crashes_in_a_week___one_fatal/
Two bus crashes in a week - one fatal
2:40pm Tuesday 8th May 2007
A Kingston man who died after being hit by a bus last week has been named as Ian Paul Curtis
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Wednesday 21 May 2003
An 86-year-old Streatham woman had a lucky escape when a bus crashed into an upstairs living room while she was in the flat below
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26 February 2009
An out-of-service bus has crashed into scaffolding on Richmond Bridge
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Friday 1 May 1998
Two serious smashes in two days on a busy main road have sparked calls for safety measures
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2 June 2006 .Two double-decker buses have lost their roofs in separate crashes with low bridges in south London last night
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19 August 2009
A 13-year-old girl has been hit by a bus at an accident black spot this afternoon
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20 November 2008
A MAN was rushed to hospital last night with serious chest injuries after his car and a bus crashed head-on
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16 October 2006
TWO people are lucky to be alive after their van was involved in an horrific crash with a double-decker bus on Monday morning
 
 
 
29 November 2001
TRAGIC accident in Wood Green resulted in the deaths of a minibus driver and a young woman.
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COVENTRY AREA
 
25 Mar 2009 ... A DOUBLE decker bus was damaged when it hit part of a canopy in University Hospital, Walsgrave
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Bus driver cut free after two buses collide in Coventry.
08:10, Oct 29 2009
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SCHOOL BUS
http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/2010/02/
TWO girls were hit by a car as they got off a school bus in Bidford. ..
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Golden wedding 2 killed in bus crash
TRAGIC COUPLE DIE IN HORRIFIC SMASH 13/06/2010
AN ELDERLY couple who were set to celebrate 50 years of marriage died in a horrific road smash yesterday
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Two hurt in bus accident
Apr 30 2010Paisley Daily Express A SCHOOLBOY and a pensioner were hurt when a bus driver slammed on the brakes to avoid a serious accident in a busy town centre street.
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28 Mar 2008 A bus crashed into a railway bridge because the driver forgot he was driving a double decker, police said yesterday
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