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Fatal A10 crash in Hackney on 12 April 1996 at 11:10 involving a Leyland Aec bus

A Leyland Aec bus crashed on the A10 in Hackney at 11:10 on Friday 12 April 1996. An 83-year-old female passenger was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Fatal
Date
12 Apr 1996
Friday, 11:10
Vehicles
1
Leyland Aec
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.56075, longitude -0.07394, in the N16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hackney.

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199601GN00131
Council area
Hackney
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
10
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

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 2008.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland Aec

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Fatal

    Female, aged 83, 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 199601GN00131 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hackney road accident statistics for 1996.