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A112 crash in Waltham Forest on 21 March 1983 at 19:58 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach and a car were involved in a crash on the A112 in Waltham Forest at 19:58 on Monday 21 March 1983. A 19-year-old male passenger in the bus or coach and the 42-year-old male driver of the bus or coach were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Mar 1983
Monday, 19:58
Vehicles
2
Bus or coach and car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5834, longitude -0.019, in the E17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Waltham Forest.

Map of where the crash happened in Waltham Forest

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1983010JC0146
Council area
Waltham Forest
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
112
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 21 July 2015.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    69 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Standing passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 42, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

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 1983010JC0146 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Waltham Forest road accident statistics for 1983.