C road crash in Ealing on 28 December 1979 at 13:15 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach crashed on a C road in Ealing at 13:15 on Friday 28 December 1979. A 65-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a dry road with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 28 Dec 1979; Friday, 13:15
Vehicles: 1; Bus or coach
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 197901LSNDQ79
Council area: Ealing
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: C
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Daylight
Weather: Other
Road surface: Dry

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Bus or coach
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
Manoeuvre
Slowing or stopping
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
31 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Passenger
Slight
Female, aged 65, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 197901LSNDQ79 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Ealing road accident statistics for 1979.