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Serious B2036 crash in Crawley on 12 March 1979 at 09:15 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach and a car were involved in a crash on the B2036 in Crawley at 09:15 on Monday 12 March 1979. The 26-year-old male driver of the car was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
12 Mar 1979
Monday, 09:15
Vehicles
2
Bus or coach and car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.13594, longitude -0.14671, in the RH10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Crawley.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197947NA90185
Council area
Crawley
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
2036
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 November 2021.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 197947NA90185 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Crawley road accident statistics for 1979.