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Serious A10 crash in Hackney on 30 April 1983 at 21:35 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach crashed on the A10 in Hackney at 21:35 on Saturday 30 April 1983. An 81-year-old male passenger was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
30 Apr 1983
Saturday, 21:35
Vehicles
1
Bus or coach
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.57359, longitude -0.07253, in the N16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hackney.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1983010GN0210
Council area
Hackney
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
10
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
107

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 8 October 1997.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • 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
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 81, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Alighting

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 1983010GN0210 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hackney road accident statistics for 1983.