1925 Dibbles Bridge coach crash

1925 road accident in the UK the 1925 accident the 1975 accident 1975 Dibbles Bridge coach crash February 2018 February 2018 Dibble's Bridge coach crash (1925) Dibbles bridge crash.jpg 300px A 1925 postcard showing the wrecked coach at the base of Dibbles Bridge 54.0634 -1.9226 dms type:landmark titleSE 05065 63073 10 June 1925 Near Hebden, North Yorkshire Bus accident Brake failure 1 7 On 10 June 1925, a coach crashed at the bottom of a steep hill at Dibbles Bridge, near Hebden in North Yorkshire, England. Seven people were killed and 11 others injured. Accident The accident occurred when a 30-seater coach carrying a party of members of the York Municipal Employees' Guild and their families on an outing to Bolton Abbey from York suffered brake failure as it travelled down a 1:6 (9.5°) (16.67%) gradient from Fancarl Top to the bottom of the valley downstream of Grimwith Reservoir. It gained considerable speed and failing to negotiate the sharp bend at the bottom crashed through the parapet of Dibble's Bridge, landing on its roof. Many of the passengers were pinned beneath the vehicle, five being killed instantly, whilst two others died within half an hour. A number of other passengers were injured.Wheels of Industry Commercial Motor http://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/16th-june-1925/4/wheels-of-industry 23 August 2014 16 June 1925https://www.cravenherald.co.uk/news/25195091.victims-dibbles-bridge-crash-remembered-50th-anniversary/ Victims of Dibble’s Bridge crash remembered on 50th anniversary 27 May 2025 Craven Herald and Pioneer 2 June 2025 Inquest A witness at the inquest described how a man from the coach took a stone from a wall and put it under a wheel. The driver then got out to "do something underneath the vehicle".Yorkshire Motor Coach Accident 1 July 1925 13 44002 Later the witness saw that the coach was moving, and it went down the hill at speed until it hit the right hand side of the bridge, before striking the left hand side and falling a distance of 16 feet from the bridge. One of the witnesses from the coach testified that the driver had said "the brake has been burnt out" before he hit it two or three times with hammer, and later saying "It's all right now". A motor engineer explained that the condition of the brakes was caused by the lining of the brakes being slowly burnt away. The brake lining and had been changed recently and this was only the second trip since. A consulting engineer who examined the coach after the accident said the brake drums were oily and in his opinion the primary cause of the accident was oil on the rear brakes and the burning of the linings on the front brakes. The jury returned a verdict of accidental death, and suggested that a sign be placed at the top on Fancarl Hill saying that heavy vehicles must change to low gear and advise the passengers to walk down; and that steps be taken to widen the bridge. See also 1975 Dibbles Bridge coach crash – an almost identical accident that occurred fifty years later References Category:Bus incidents in England Category:1925 in England Category:History of North Yorkshire Category:Transport disasters in Yorkshire Category:20th century in North Yorkshire Category:1925 disasters in the United Kingdom Category:June 1925 in the United Kingdom Category:1920s in Yorkshire