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Serious A607 crash in Charnwood on 26 August 1980 at 15:45 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach hit five pedestrians on the A607 in Charnwood at 15:45 on Tuesday 26 August 1980. There were six casualties: two people were seriously injured and four were slightly injured. Five of them were pedestrians.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Aug 1980
Tuesday, 15:45
Vehicles
1
Bus or coach
Casualties
6
2 seriously injured, 4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.69695, longitude -1.07587, in the LE7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Syston.

Map of where the crash happened in Charnwood

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19803380E0696
Council area
Charnwood
Police force
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
607
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

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 5 August 1994.

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
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years

Casualties (6)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 46, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, hit by vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

  • Casualty 3: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 6, hit by vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

  • Casualty 4: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 30, hit by vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

  • Casualty 5: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 15, hit by vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

  • Casualty 6: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged under 1, hit by vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

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 19803380E0696 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Charnwood road accident statistics for 1980.