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Serious A644 crash in Kirklees on 19 January 1979 at 11:07 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach crashed on the A644 in Kirklees at 11:07 on Friday 19 January 1979. A 55-year-old female passenger was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
19 Jan 1979
Friday, 11:07
Vehicles
1
Bus or coach
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.69073, longitude -1.62971, in the WF13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dewsbury.

Map of where the crash happened in Kirklees

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197913P008479
Council area
Kirklees
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
644
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
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Snow

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 7 June 2003.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 55, 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 197913P008479 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Kirklees road accident statistics for 1979.