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B272 crash in Lambeth on 30 December 1993 at 16:47 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach crashed on the B272 in Lambeth at 16:47 on Thursday 30 December 1993. An 83-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
30 Dec 1993
Thursday, 16:47
Vehicles
1
Bus or coach
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.42163, longitude -0.12928, in the SW16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lambeth.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199301LS00610
Council area
Lambeth
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
272
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
23

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

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 9 December 1982.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    59 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 83, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Alighting

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 199301LS00610 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lambeth road accident statistics for 1993.