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Serious B278 crash in Sutton on 20 May 1985 at 10:25 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach crashed on the B278 in Sutton at 10:25 on Monday 20 May 1985. An 84-year-old male passenger was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
20 May 1985
Monday, 10:25
Vehicles
1
Bus or coach
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.37862, longitude -0.17888, in the SM1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sutton.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198501ZP00519
Council area
Sutton
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
278
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 August 2025.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 84, 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 198501ZP00519 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sutton road accident statistics for 1985.