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Unclassified road crash in Brentwood CM15 on 2 August 1979 at 18:00 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Brentwood at 18:00 on Thursday 2 August 1979. The 30-year-old female driver of the car and a 7-year-old female passenger in the car were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Aug 1979
Thursday, 18:00
Vehicles
2
Bus or coach and car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.66318, longitude 0.2773, in the CM15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kelvedon Hatch.

Map of where the crash happened in Brentwood

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979420020575
Council area
Brentwood
Police force
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single 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
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 28 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 20 October 1993.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    30 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat 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 1979420020575 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Brentwood road accident statistics for 1979.