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Serious A614 crash in Nottingham on 13 November 1979 at 09:40 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach and another vehicle were involved in a crash on the A614 in Nottingham at 09:40 on Tuesday 13 November 1979. A 21-year-old female passenger in the other vehicle was seriously injured and the 30-year-old male driver of the other vehicle and a 29-year-old female passenger in the other vehicle were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
13 Nov 1979
Tuesday, 09:40
Vehicles
2
Bus or coach and other vehicle
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.95885, longitude -1.19118, in the NG8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Nottingham.

Map of where the crash happened in Nottingham

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979315312003
Council area
Nottingham
Police force
Nottinghamshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
614
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 June 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years

  • Vehicle 2: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 2 (Other vehicle)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 29, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 2 (Other vehicle)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 21, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 2 (Other vehicle)

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 1979315312003 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Nottingham road accident statistics for 1979.