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Description: | This photographic postcard shows a London General Omnibus Company (L.G.O.C.) open-top bus that has been badly damaged after hitting a lamppost. The crash happened in Highgate on 8 June 1912. Large crowds including several policemen surround the bus.
Driving instructor Albert Roy Luxton, aged 34, had been at the wheel, and there had been three learner drivers on board. One of the learners had been driving down Highgate Hill when the brakes failed. Luxton took over the wheel but was unable to regain control of the bus. He sustained serious injuries in the resulting crash, and died later in hospital.
Mr Luxton was hailed a hero, and large crowds gathered to watch the funeral procession. | Format: | image/jpeg | Publisher: | London Transport Museum | Rights holder: | Copyright unknown - Collection of London's Transport Museum | Subjects: | Transport | Temporal: | 1912 | Source: | London Transport Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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