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Serious C road crash in Worthing BN11 on 23 December 1991 at 12:25 involving a Bristol (BLMC) bus

A Bristol (BLMC) bus crashed on a C road in Worthing at 12:25 on Monday 23 December 1991. A 79-year-old male passenger was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Dec 1991
Monday, 12:25
Vehicles
1
Bristol (BLMC)
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.8112, longitude -0.36995, in the BN11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Worthing.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199147XA10635
Council area
Worthing
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
C
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 with high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 18 August 1984.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bristol (BLMC)

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 79, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bristol (BLMC))

    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 199147XA10635 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Worthing road accident statistics for 1991.