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A6 crash in Lancaster on 6 September 1979 at 16:45 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach hit a pedestrian on the A6 in Lancaster at 16:45 on Thursday 6 September 1979. A 17-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Sep 1979
Thursday, 16:45
Vehicles
1
Bus or coach
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.02481, longitude -2.79494, in the LA1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lancaster.

Map of where the crash happened in Lancaster

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979040BA1147
Council area
Lancaster
Police force
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 30 December 1983.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, hit by vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic

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 1979040BA1147 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lancaster road accident statistics for 1979.