Serious unclassified road crash in Sheffield on 24 December 1986 at 15:45 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach crashed on an unclassified road in Sheffield at 15:45 on Wednesday 24 December 1986. A 30-year-old male passenger was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Serious
Date: 24 Dec 1986; Wednesday, 15:45
Vehicles: 1; Bus or coach
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198614E101511
Council area: Sheffield
Police force: South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class: Unclassified
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: T or staggered junction
Junction control: Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class: Unclassified

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 (1)

Vehicle 1: Bus or coach
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
Manoeuvre
Slowing or stopping
Travelling from
West
Travelling to
East
First point of impact
Did not impact
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
40 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Passenger
Serious
Male, aged 30, 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 198614E101511 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.