Serious A91 crash in Clackmannanshire on 1 April 1983 at 15:50 involving a lorry
A lorry and a bus or coach were involved in a crash on the A91 in Clackmannanshire at 15:50 on Friday 1 April 1983. There were 26 casualties: 3 people were seriously injured and 23 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 1 Apr 1983
- Friday, 15:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Lorry and bus or coach
- Casualties
- 26
- 3 seriously injured, 23 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.15211, longitude -3.83029, in the FK12 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Clackmannanshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198396EA08055
- Council area
- Clackmannanshire
- Police force
- Central
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 91
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 22 March 1980.
Serious
Car crash on the A91 in Clackmannanshire, 22 March 1980
At the same spotRef 198096YA08003
Slight
Honda crash on the A91 in Clackmannanshire, 27 May 2007
14 m awayRef 2007960701459
Slight
Toyota Starlet crash on the A91 in Clackmannanshire, 17 March 2009
14 m awayRef 2009960900667
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A91 in Clackmannanshire, 21 May 2021
19 m awayRef 2021991047678
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A91 in Clackmannanshire, 11 October 2003
22 m awayRef 200396E302718
Slight
Peugeot 405 crash on the A91 in Clackmannanshire, 8 August 1999
71 m awayRef 199996E256458
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Lorry
Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
Vehicle 2: Bus or coach
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
Casualties (26)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 33, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Lorry)
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 32, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 70, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 29, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 40, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 6: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 54, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 7: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 59, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 8: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 53, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 9: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 19, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 10: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 40, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 11: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 62, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 12: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 76, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 13: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 65, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 14: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 18, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 15: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 17, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 16: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 31, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 17: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 15, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 18: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 28, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 19: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 72, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 20: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 25, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 21: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 49, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 22: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 55, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 23: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 55, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 24: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 79, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 25: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 21, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 26: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 24, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated 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 198396EA08055 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Clackmannanshire road accident statistics for 1983.