B310 crash in Westminster on 31 December 1981 at 15:25 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach crashed on the B310 in Westminster at 15:25 on Thursday 31 December 1981. A male passenger was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a dry road with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 31 Dec 1981; Thursday, 15:25
Vehicles: 1; Bus or coach
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LVPFI18
Council area: Westminster
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: B
First road number: 310
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Other junction
Junction control: Give way or uncontrolled

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Daylight
Weather: Other
Road surface: Dry

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, 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 198101LVPFI18 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Westminster road accident statistics for 1981.