Oldham woman's serious head injuries after collision with double-decker bus in York

A Google Streetview of Bridge Street near Ouse Bridge, where the accident happened

An Oldham woman is in a 'stable' condition in hospital after suffering serious head injuries when she was struck by a double decker bus in York city centre.

North Yorkshire Police said the accident happened just after 9pm on Saturday night outside the Missoula restaurant in Bridge Street, near Ouse Bridge, when the woman was believed to have stepped out in front of the bus.

A spokesman said the 26-year-old woman sustained a serious head injury and was treated at the scene by paramedics before going by ambulance to Leeds General Infirmary, where she is now in a stable condition.

He said traffic and pedestrian closures were put in place in the Ouse Bridge and Micklegate areas for about four-and-a-half hours while officers from the Roads Policing Group and Forensic Collision Investigation Unit conducted inquiries.

"Police are appealing for anyone who may have witnessed the incident to contact North Yorkshire Police on 101, option 1, and speak to the Force Control Room," he said.

"Please quote reference number 12180117552."

Eyewitness Elizabeth Skelland has posted on Facebook that she was on the bus with her mother when the accident happened.

"It had just set off from Low Ousegate," she said. 

"We were upstairs so didn’t see it but heard the noise and the bus was shaking.

“She wasn’t moving. Fingers crossed she’ll be ok."

Another person, Helen Plant, said she was on the bus half an hour beforehand and 'the amount of people the driver had to brake for or beep his horn to as they were on the road or stepped out was unreal.'

Tammy Wilma Varley posted that she cycled home at 7pm on Saturday night and nearly hit four people who stepped out in front of her into the road on Lendal Bridge, adding: "Thank God my brakes are good."

York city centre was packed with revellers on Saturday night, including many stag and hen parties and large numbers of people who had attended the race meeting and Paloma Faith concert at York Racecourse.