Three serious road crashes in Bradford have left one person dead and two seriously injured.

A 34-year-old night security guard was killed when he was hit by a car in Clayton Heights.

The man, who was working at the Beazer Homes site in the grounds of the former Westwood Hospital, was killed at about 8.30 pm yesterday.

The security guard, who came from Leeds, died after he was involved in a collision with a Ford Mondeo car at the junction of Highgate Road and Back Lane in Clayton Heights, outside the Boar's Head pub.

And an elderly woman suffered head injuries today when she was involved in a collision with a bus at the junction of Nelson Street and Hall Ings in the city centre. She was described by a police spokeswoman as being seriously injured.

The First Bus vehicle had a cracked windscreen and damage to its front nearside in the accident, which happened just before 9am.

Traffic was diverted as police accident investigators sealed off the area.

John Marshall, accident investigator for First Bus, said the woman, a pedestrian, was crossing the road from the junction's central refuge and heading towards Bridge Street when she was involved in the collision with the bus.

"We are working with police accident investigators and the bus will be returned to the depot, where police will examine it after doing some tests at the scene.

"We also have to inform the Ministry of Transport," he said.

The 615 bus, which had just come out of the Interchange on its way to Saffron Drive, Allerton, had no passengers aboard at the time of the crash. The driver was unhurt but shocked.

Meanwhile, a 29-year-old Buttershaw woman is in a serious but stable condition in Leeds General Infirmary after she was involved in a collision with a Vauxhall Cavalier private hire car at 5.30 pm yesterday near the city centre.

The woman, who has not been named, was crossing Hamm Strasse when the accident happened at the junction with Manor Row. Police sealed off the area and rush-hour traffic was diverted around the scene.

The pedestrian was initially taken to Bradford Royal Infirmary and then transferred to Leeds.

Converted for the new archive on 30 June 2000. Some images and formatting may have been lost in the conversion.