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Serious A6075 crash in Mansfield on 13 February 1979 at 07:50 involving a bus or coach

Two buses or coaches were involved in a crash on the A6075 in Mansfield at 07:50 on Tuesday 13 February 1979. There were fifteen casualties: three people were seriously injured and twelve were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in snow on a single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
13 Feb 1979
Tuesday, 07:50
Vehicles
2
Bus or coach and another
Casualties
15
3 seriously injured, 12 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.14941, longitude -1.23067, in the NG19 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Mansfield

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979312110262
Council area
Mansfield
Police force
Nottinghamshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6075
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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 8 June 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years

Casualties (15)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

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

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 34, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 53, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)

  • Casualty 7: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)

  • Casualty 8: Passenger

    Slight

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

  • Casualty 9: Passenger

    Slight

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

  • Casualty 10: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)

  • Casualty 11: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)

  • Casualty 12: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 23, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)

  • Casualty 13: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 51, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)

  • Casualty 14: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 51, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)

  • Casualty 15: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 57, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 1979312110262 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Mansfield road accident statistics for 1979.