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Fatal A49 crash in Warrington on 16 December 1981 at 17:19 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach hit a pedestrian on the A49 in Warrington at 17:19 on Wednesday 16 December 1981. A 56-year-old male pedestrian was killed.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Fatal
Date
16 Dec 1981
Wednesday, 17:19
Vehicles
1
Bus or coach
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.39096, longitude -2.59391, in the WA1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Warrington.

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1981071D21629
Council area
Warrington
Police force
Cheshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
49
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
57

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 July 1985.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 56, hit by vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 1981071D21629 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Warrington road accident statistics for 1981.