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Serious A355 crash in Slough on 29 November 1979 at 15:42 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A355 in Slough at 15:42 on Thursday 29 November 1979. The 31-year-old female cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
29 Nov 1979
Thursday, 15:42
Vehicles
2
Bus or coach and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52957, longitude -0.61762, in the SL2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Slough.

Map of where the crash happened in Slough

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197943C173119
Council area
Slough
Police force
Thames Valley

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
355
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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 28 May 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    West
    Driver sex
    Male

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    31 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Female, aged 31, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 197943C173119 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Slough road accident statistics for 1979.