A5 crash in Westminster on 28 December 1979 at 19:10 involving a bus or coach
A bus or coach and a lorry were involved in a crash on the A5 in Westminster at 19:10 on Friday 28 December 1979. A 36-year-old male passenger in the bus or coach and a 75-year-old male passenger in the bus or coach were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Dec 1979
- Friday, 19:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bus or coach and lorry
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 197901LSTCC15
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 5
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Dry
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bus or coach
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
Vehicle 2: Lorry
Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Driver sex
- Male
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 36, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 75, 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 197901LSTCC15 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Westminster road accident statistics for 1979.