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Serious A400 crash in Westminster on 21 September 1982 at 11:00 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach and a van were involved in a crash on the A400 in Westminster at 11:00 on Tuesday 21 September 1982. A 35-year-old male passenger in the bus or coach was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Sep 1982
Tuesday, 11:00
Vehicles
2
Bus or coach and van
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50946, longitude -0.12726, in the WC2N postcode district and within the built-up area of the City of Westminster.

Map of where the crash happened in Westminster

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1982010CB0227
Council area
Westminster
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
400
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
400

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 7 September 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 35, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Standing passenger

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 1982010CB0227 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 1982.