Police have stood down a major incident declared this morning after a double-decker bus overturned on an icy road in Somerset.
The bus flipped onto its side in a collision involving a motorcyclist on the A39, near Cannington, at around 6am on Tuesday morning.
Passengers on the bus included workers from Hinkley Point C nuclear power station. It is believed around 70 people were on board.
No one has died in the crash, with 54 patients triaged at the scene, Avon and Somerset Police said.
Police said the A39 Quantock Road in Bridgwater has been closed, and the junction of Sandford Hill and Quantock Road is closed.
Inspector Rebecca Wells-Cole, of Avon and Somerset Police, confirmed there had been no fatalities and said the major incident had been stood down.
She said: “Fifty-four patients were triaged at the scene and it is too soon to confirm whether any of these patients have life-threatening injuries, however 26 patients are being treated as walking wounded.
“A number of those treated at the scene had been taken to Musgrove Park Hospital, Bridgewater Minor Injury Unit and Southmead Hospital.”
It came as temperatures across the UK plunged amid weather warnings for ice and snow across England, Wales and Scotland.
Police have urged people to “only travel if it is absolutely essential” after receiving more than 100 reports of road-related incidents in five hours.
Conditions are extremely icy and dangerous due to freezing conditions overnight and residual water from last week’s wet weather, police said.
A total of 53 crashes were reported to police between 6pm and 11pm on Monday, most of them due to the freezing weather causing dangerous driving conditions.
Seven of these incidents were reported to have resulted in injuries, but they are not thought to be serious, police said.
A further 67 calls concerned other road-related incidents.
Superintendent Mark Runacres of Avon and Somerset Police earlier said: “We are advising the public to only travel where absolutely essential due to the treacherous driving conditions.
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“If travel is necessary, we ask the public to take extreme caution and allow additional time to travel.
“We have seen a significantly higher number of road-related collisions and incidents in the past 12 hours, which has increased the demand on police resources.
“We are working with local authorities and National Highways to ensure roads are properly gritted ahead of the rush-hour traffic to improve driving conditions.”
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