C road crash in Havering on 28 December 1981 at 16:30 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach and a car were involved in a crash on a C road in Havering at 16:30 on Monday 28 December 1981. A 7-year-old female passenger in the bus or coach was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 28 Dec 1981; Monday, 16:30
Vehicles: 2; Bus or coach and car
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LSQGP55
Council area: Havering
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: C
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

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

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Dark, street lights lit
Weather: Other
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

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

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Passenger
Slight
Female, aged 7, 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 198101LSQGP55 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Havering road accident statistics for 1981.