A235 crash in Croydon on 24 December 1981 at 15:15 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach crashed on the A235 in Croydon at 15:15 on Thursday 24 December 1981. A 49-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet road with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity: Slight
Date: 24 Dec 1981; Thursday, 15:15
Vehicles: 1; Bus or coach
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LOPDE09
Council area: Croydon
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 235
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Crossroads
Junction control: Auto traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Daylight
Weather: Other
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (1)

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

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Passenger
Slight
Female, aged 49, 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 198101LOPDE09 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Croydon road accident statistics for 1981.