A568 crash in Halton on 11 December 1979 at 22:15 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A568 in Halton at 22:15 on Tuesday 11 December 1979. The 20-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity: Slight
Date: 11 Dec 1979; Tuesday, 22:15
Vehicles: 2; Bus or coach and bicycle
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 197907LBWDE40
Council area: Halton
Police force: Cheshire

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 568
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Crossroads
Junction control: Give way or uncontrolled

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
44 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
20 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Cyclist
Slight
Male, aged 20, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 197907LBWDE40 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Halton road accident statistics for 1979.