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A553 crash in Wirral on 30 September 1979 at 15:55 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach crashed on the A553 in Wirral at 15:55 on Sunday 30 September 1979. A 54-year-old female passenger 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
30 Sep 1979
Sunday, 15:55
Vehicles
1
Bus or coach
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.40259, longitude -3.06621, in the CH41 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birkenhead.

Map of where the crash happened in Wirral

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197905F101467
Council area
Wirral
Police force
Merseyside

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
553
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 April 2010.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 54, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Alighting

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 197905F101467 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wirral road accident statistics for 1979.