A117 crash in Newham on 24 December 1981 at 09:40 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach crashed on the A117 in Newham at 09:40 on Thursday 24 December 1981. An 11-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in snow on a road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 24 Dec 1981; Thursday, 09:40
Vehicles: 1; Bus or coach
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LOJID72
Council area: Newham
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 117
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: T or staggered junction
Junction control: Give way or uncontrolled

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Daylight
Weather: Snowing, no high winds
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
Male, aged 11, 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 198101LOJID72 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Newham road accident statistics for 1981.