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Serious C road crash in Derby DE24 on 17 July 1980 at 21:00 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach crashed on a C road in Derby at 21:00 on Thursday 17 July 1980. A male passenger was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet road with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
17 Jul 1980
Thursday, 21:00
Vehicles
1
Bus or coach
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.88793, longitude -1.48276, in the DE24 postcode district and within the built-up area of Derby.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1980300D01871
Council area
Derby
Police force
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
C
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 18 April 1985.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, 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 1980300D01871 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Derby road accident statistics for 1980.