A46 crash in Leicester on 30 December 1986 at 06:50 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach and a lorry were involved in a crash on the A46 in Leicester at 06:50 on Tuesday 30 December 1986. The 48-year-old male driver of the bus or coach was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity: Slight
Date: 30 Dec 1986; Tuesday, 06:50
Vehicles: 2; Bus or coach and lorry
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 19863386C0625
Council area: Leicester
Police force: Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 46
Road type: Dual carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Crossroads
Junction control: Auto traffic signal
Second road class: Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities: Footbridge or subway

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Dark, street lights lit
Weather: Raining, no high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Bus or coach
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
Manoeuvre
Turning right
Travelling from
South East
Travelling to
North East
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
48 years
Vehicle 2: Lorry
Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
North East
Travelling to
South West
First point of impact
Offside
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
40 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Male, aged 48, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

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 19863386C0625 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Leicester road accident statistics for 1986.