Unclassified road crash in Greenwich on 23 December 1981 at 16:20 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Greenwich at 16:20 on Wednesday 23 December 1981. A 38-year-old male passenger in the bus or coach and a female passenger in the bus or coach were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a dry road with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity: Slight
Date: 23 Dec 1981; Wednesday, 16:20
Vehicles: 2; Bus or coach and car
Casualties: 2; 2 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LNQEU66
Council area: Greenwich
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: Unclassified
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Using private drive or entrance
Junction control: Give way or uncontrolled

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Daylight
Weather: Other
Road surface: Dry

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Bus or coach
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
31 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Turning right
Driver sex
Male

Casualties (2)

Casualty 1: Passenger
Slight
Male, aged 38, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)
Casualty 2: Passenger
Slight
Female, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

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 198101LNQEU66 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Greenwich road accident statistics for 1981.