• Leeds-based Yorkshire Rider was ordered to pay 2260 in
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fines and costs by the Bradford Magistrates, following an incident in which the handrail of a minibus had become loose and fallen on to a passenger. The company admitted using the minibus in a dangerous condition.
For the prosecution, Andrew Hill said that the vehicle had been in Little Horton Lane, Bradford, when the handrail dropped on to a passenger, who had not been hurt.
Steve Adkin, the company's production engineer, said that the minibus had been in service for only 17 days when the accident had happened. It had since been found that the rail had not been fitted properly into a clamp attached to a seat. He said that the defect would have been impossible to detect after manufacture.
As a result, 25 other minibuses delivered at the same time had been checked and none had a similar defect.