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Unclassified road crash in Caerphilly NP24 on 17 April 1980 at 18:15 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach hit two pedestrians on an unclassified road in Caerphilly at 18:15 on Thursday 17 April 1980. A 59-year-old male pedestrian and a 76-year-old female pedestrian were 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
17 Apr 1980
Thursday, 18:15
Vehicles
1
Bus or coach
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.72001, longitude -3.24636, in the NP24 postcode district and within the built-up area of New Tredegar.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1980620A01550
Council area
Caerphilly
Police force
South Wales

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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, 51 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 December 1994.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • 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
    42 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 59, hit by vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 76, hit by vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 1980620A01550 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Caerphilly road accident statistics for 1980.