C road crash in Worthing BN11 on 18 March 1992 at 18:18 involving a Leyland National bus
A Leyland National bus crashed on a C road in Worthing at 18:18 on Wednesday 18 March 1992. A 65-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Mar 1992
- Wednesday, 18:18
- Vehicles
- 1
- Leyland National
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.81, longitude -0.36801, in the BN11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Worthing.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199247XA20138
- 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
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Leyland National
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 65, 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 199247XA20138 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 1992.