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Serious A20 crash in Lewisham on 18 May 1992 at 16:54 involving a Leyland Aec bus

A Leyland Aec bus crashed on the A20 in Lewisham at 16:54 on Monday 18 May 1992. A 6-year-old female passenger was seriously injured and a 60-year-old female passenger was slightly 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
18 May 1992
Monday, 16:54
Vehicles
1
Leyland Aec
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47053, longitude -0.02908, in the SE4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lewisham.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199201PL00272
Council area
Lewisham
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
20
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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 22 December 1993.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland Aec

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 60, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Leyland Aec)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Standing passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 6, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Leyland Aec)

    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 199201PL00272 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lewisham road accident statistics for 1992.