Parked bus mirror struck by passing truck, Davis CA

Traffic

Reported: 11/18/2025 12:49 PM

South Hall, 180 E Quad, Davis, CA 95616

A parked bus at a university terminal was struck by a passing truck that pushed the side mirror out of place. The mirror was adjusted back and no injuries or other damage were reported.

Audio|Source: UC Davis Unitrans Bus Service

02:13

Transcript:

00:00

Okay, so I didn't see it when it happened, only now that I got into the driver's seat, but somebody driving by at the terminal apparently hit my mirror and knocked it out of place.

00:20

Hey, just to confirm,

00:22

uh,

00:24

hey, just to confirm that your bus was completely off at the moment, and if, uh, do you know what kind of vehicles by you?

00:33

Okay, that's affirmative.

00:35

My bus was off.

00:36

I was out of the driver's seat.

00:38

Um, I believe it was a truck.

00:41

I did hear something, but I didn't know that it was the bus.

00:49

Can I just have you start writing an accident report just describing everything you saw?

00:54

And just standby, I'll be on my way of real quick.

00:59

Okay, 10-4[1].

01:01

I am able to move the arm of the mirror so that it's back in the correct place.

01:06

Am I okay to roll with that and just write the accident report?

01:13

Hey, is there, does this seem to, like, is there any other damage besides some bear being pushed out of place?

01:22

I think that's a negative.

01:23

I mean, it's in good shape and it was just, um, like the arm was moved.

01:33

Before, just standby on take out for a little bit.

01:36

You can't get a little bit? You finished the one on Speckman?

01:46

Really good.

01:49

Hey, sorry, I didn't really catch all that.

01:51

What column and where was that?

01:56

Actually,

01:57

I have your opinion on this.

01:59

It's like, so it's columns for the bus and they were parked and the bus was turned off, but

02:05

apparently I think a truck from what the driver said,

02:10

it's like a side flight with the mirror and they push it out of place, but the mirror is still functional.

Police codes explained

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[1]

10-4: Acknowledgment; message received and understood.

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South Hall, 180 E Quad, Davis, CA 95616

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