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Serious B1215 crash in North East Lincolnshire on 1 November 1979 at 17:35 involving a van

A van and a bus or coach were involved in a crash on the B1215 in North East Lincolnshire at 17:35 on Thursday 1 November 1979. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
1 Nov 1979
Thursday, 17:35
Vehicles
2
Van and bus or coach
Casualties
4
1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.56546, longitude -0.07647, in the DN32 postcode district and within the built-up area of Grimsby.

Map of where the crash happened in North East Lincolnshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197916W050582
Council area
North East Lincolnshire
Police force
Humberside

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1215
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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 27 March 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 25, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 17, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 50, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

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 197916W050582 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North East Lincolnshire road accident statistics for 1979.