Dibbles Bridge coach crash

When

27 May 1975

Kind

Road accident

Coordinates

54.06° N, 1.92° W

Description

1975 road accident in the UK

Deaths

33

Injured

13

1975 road accident in North Yorkshire, England

On 27 May 1975, a coach carrying elderly passengers crashed at the bottom of a steep hill at Dibble's Bridge over the River Dibb, near Hebden in North Yorkshire, England. Thirty-three people on board were killed, including the driver, and thirteen others injured. It was the worst-ever road accident in the United Kingdom by number of fatalities.

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