A621 crash in Sheffield on 31 December 1986 at 13:20 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach and a car were involved in a crash on the A621 in Sheffield at 13:20 on Wednesday 31 December 1986. A 40-year-old female passenger in the bus or coach was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity: Slight
Date: 31 Dec 1986; Wednesday, 13:20
Vehicles: 2; Bus or coach and car
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198614D101758
Council area: Sheffield
Police force: South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 621
Road type: Roundabout
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control: Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class: A
Second road number: 616

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

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Bus or coach
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
South
Travelling to
North
First point of impact
Did not impact
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
39 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
Travelling from
South
Travelling to
North
First point of impact
Did not impact
Driver sex
Female

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Passenger
Slight
Female, aged 40, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)
Bus or coach passenger
Standing 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 198614D101758 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sheffield road accident statistics for 1986.