A401 crash in Camden on 29 December 1981 at 23:20 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach crashed on the A401 in Camden at 23:20 on Tuesday 29 December 1981. A 23-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity: Slight
Date: 29 Dec 1981; Tuesday, 23:20
Vehicles: 1; Bus or coach
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LTXEC29
Council area: Camden
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 401
Road type: One way street or slip road
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Crossroads
Junction control: Auto traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Dark, street lights lit
Weather: Raining, no high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Bus or coach
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
Manoeuvre
Going ahead

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Passenger
Slight
Male, aged 23, 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 198101LTXEC29 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Camden road accident statistics for 1981.