Serious C road crash in Sandwell on 24 December 1979 at 12:50 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach hit a pedestrian on a C road in Sandwell at 12:50 on Monday 24 December 1979. A 70-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet road with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Serious
Date: 24 Dec 1979; Monday, 12:50
Vehicles: 1; Bus or coach
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 197920LOMKO50
Council area: Sandwell
Police force: West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class: C
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Daylight
Weather: Other
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Bus or coach
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
Manoeuvre
Slowing or stopping
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
44 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Pedestrian
Serious
Female, aged 70, hit by vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)
Pedestrian location
In carriageway, crossing elsewhere

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 197920LOMKO50 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sandwell road accident statistics for 1979.