Accident Inquiry : Wide Effects
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FOLLOWING his inquiry into the causes of four accidents in Glasgow in which double-deck buses were involved, Mr. W. F. Quin, Scottish Licensing Authority, intimated that his report to the Minister of Transport might have wide effects.
The first accident concerned an S.M.T. bus which skidded in Shettleston Road on August 5 and overturned. Chief Superintendent J Starrier, of the Glasgow Police Traffic Department. said that the smooth granite-sett surface was wet and greasy at the time. Granite setts were dangerous when they became polished. A Ministry of Transport examiner agreed and said that a process of roughening the surface was being tried. Mr. -Storrier added that the vehicle was being dniven at a controllable speed and no proceedings had been taken against the driver.
The second accident involved a Glasgow Corporation bus which overturned in Shettleston Road on August 21. In this case the driver was fined £4, the charge against him being for careless driving.
The other two accidents took place in Dumbarton Road, when an S.M.T. bus swerved to avoid a lorry, and in Great Western Road, when a Corporation bus collided with a lorry.
Mr. Quin stated that he would raise the question of road surfaces with the Minister.