B174 crash in Havering on 10 October 1985 at 18:40 involving a bus or coach
A bus or coach and a car were involved in a crash on the B174 in Havering at 18:40 on Thursday 10 October 1985. A 35-year-old female passenger in the bus or coach was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Oct 1985
- Thursday, 18:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bus or coach and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.59888, longitude 0.16332, in the RM5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Havering.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198501KD00845
- Council area
- Havering
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 174
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 174
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
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 slight injury crash on 6 January 1988.
Slight
Car crash on the B174 in Havering, 6 January 1988
At the same spotRef 198801KD00015
Serious
Bus crash on the B174 in Havering, 22 November 1988
At the same spotRef 198801KD01119
Serious
Ford Sierra crash on the B174 in Havering, 5 May 1992
At the same spotRef 199201KD00353
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the B174 in Havering, 4 August 2025
7 m awayRef 2025010590470
Serious
Leyland National crash on the B174 in Havering, 28 November 1992
10 m awayRef 199201KD01026
Slight
Car crash on the B174 in Havering, 20 April 1985
10 m awayRef 198501KD00328
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bus or coach
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 35, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 198501KD00845 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Havering road accident statistics for 1985.