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Unclassified road crash in Middlesbrough TS4 on 24 December 1980 at 17:35 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach crashed on an unclassified road in Middlesbrough at 17:35 on Wednesday 24 December 1980. A 70-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Dec 1980
Wednesday, 17:35
Vehicles
1
Bus or coach
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.55706, longitude -1.23256, in the TS4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Middlesbrough.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198017E101467
Council area
Middlesbrough
Police force
Cleveland

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 April 1991.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Lane or location
    On lay-by or hard shoulder
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 70, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Alighting

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 198017E101467 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Middlesbrough road accident statistics for 1980.