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B4044 crash in the Vale of White Horse on 26 September 1979 at 15:45 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach crashed on the B4044 in the Vale of White Horse at 15:45 on Wednesday 26 September 1979. A 77-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Sep 1979
Wednesday, 15:45
Vehicles
1
Bus or coach
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.7515, longitude -1.29897, in the OX2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Oxford.

Map of where the crash happened in the Vale of White Horse

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197943H072099
Council area
Vale of White Horse
Police force
Thames Valley

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4044
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 April 2008.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 77, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Standing 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 197943H072099 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Vale of White Horse road accident statistics for 1979.