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Serious A5111 crash in Derby on 8 October 1979 at 16:20 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach and another vehicle were involved in a crash on the A5111 in Derby at 16:20 on Monday 8 October 1979. The 31-year-old male driver of the bus or coach was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
8 Oct 1979
Monday, 16:20
Vehicles
2
Bus or coach and other vehicle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.89691, longitude -1.47968, in the DE23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Derby.

Map of where the crash happened in Derby

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979309D02700
Council area
Derby
Police force
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5111
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
C

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 24 September 1990.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years

  • Vehicle 2: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to left
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 31, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

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 1979309D02700 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Derby road accident statistics for 1979.