A104 crash in Islington on 18 December 1981 at 13:10 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach crashed on the A104 in Islington at 13:10 on Friday 18 December 1981. A 50-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a snow-covered road with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity: Slight
Date: 18 Dec 1981; Friday, 13:10
Vehicles: 1; Bus or coach
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LINCC33
Council area: Islington
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 104
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
Junction control: Auto traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Daylight
Weather: Other
Road surface: Snow

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Bus or coach
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
44 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Passenger
Slight
Female, aged 50, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)
Bus or coach passenger
Boarding

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 198101LINCC33 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Islington road accident statistics for 1981.