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A57 crash in Sheffield on 6 January 1990 at 22:30 involving a Leyland National bus

A Leyland National bus crashed on the A57 in Sheffield at 22:30 on Saturday 6 January 1990. A 40-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Jan 1990
Saturday, 22:30
Vehicles
1
Leyland National
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.37118, longitude -1.3872, in the S13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sheffield.

Map of where the crash happened in Sheffield

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199014E100033
Council area
Sheffield
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
57
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 6 June 1985.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland National

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 40, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Leyland National)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Boarding

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 199014E100033 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 1990.