Leyland Victory Mk2

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Leyland Victory Mk2

Leyland Victory Mk2 is a front-engine double-decker bus

Double-decker bus

A double-decker bus is a bus that has two floors. While double-decker long-distance coaches are in widespread use around the world, double-decker city buses are less common....
chassis built by Leyland between 1978 and 1981. Like its competitor Dennis Jubilant

Dennis Jubilant

The Dennis Jubilant was a front engine double decker bus chassis built by Dennis Specialist Vehicles between 1977 and 1981. It was specifically designed for contemporary operating environment in Hong Kong....
, it was specifically designed for contemporary operating environment (hilly roads and "one-man-operation" with a farebox

Fare

A fare is the fee paid by a traveler allowing him or her to make use of a public transport system: Rail transport, bus, Taxicab, etc. In the case of airline transport, the term airfare is often used....
) in Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located in Southern China in East Asia, bordering the province of Guangdong to the north and facing the South China Sea to the east, west and south....
.

The chassis was developed from the Guy

Guy Motors

Guy Motors was a British company based in Fallings Park, Wolverhampton that made cars, lorries, buses, and trolleybuses. They were established in 1914 by Sydney Guy who had been the Works Manager of nearby Sunbeam Car Company....
Victory J, which was also chosen by Bus Bodies (South Africa) Limited for the development of its own double decker (four examples had been delivered to Kowloon Motor Bus

Kowloon Motor Bus

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Leyland Victory Mk2 is a front-engine double-decker bus

Double-decker bus

Dennis Jubilant

Fare

Hong Kong

Guy Motors

Kowloon Motor Bus

The Kowloon Motor Bus Company Limited , a company of the Transport International Holdings Limited, is the largest franchised bus operators in Hong Kong, and one of the largest privately owned public bus operators in the world....
for evaluation). It could be fitted with Gardner 6LXB engine and Voith

Voith

The Voith AG which is headquartered in Germany, is a family-run corporation in the mechanical engineering sector with worldwide operations.The Voith Corporate Group is led by the Voith AG Headquarters in Heidenheim, located in the German state of Baden-W?rttemberg....
D851 gearbox, but one Victory Mk2 for China Motor Bus

China Motor Bus

China Motor Bus Company Ltd. , often abbreviated as CMB, was the first motor bus company in Hong Kong, and was responsible for the introduction of double-decker buses to Hong Kong Island....
had been experimentally fitted with SCG

Self-Changing Gears

Self-Changing Gears was a British company, set up and owned equally by Walter Gordon Wilson and John Davenport Siddeley to develop and exploit the Wilson or pre-selector gearbox....
GB350 gearbox.

Almost all Leyland Victory Mk2s built for Hong Kong were fitted with Alexander

Walter Alexander Coachbuilders

Walter Alexander Coachbuilders was a Scotland bus coachbuilder based in Falkirk....
bodywork, only the last 20 buses built for China Motor Bus were fitted with Duple Metsec

Duple Metsec

Duple Metsec is a former bus bodywork builder based in West Midlands of the United Kingdom, which usually supplied body kits for assembly in the overseas....
bodywork.

The orders

Kowloon Motor Bus

The Kowloon Motor Bus Company Limited , a company of the Transport International Holdings Limited, is the largest franchised bus operators in Hong Kong, and one of the largest privately owned public bus operators in the world....
(KMB) introduced 540 Victory Mk2s between 1979 and 1983, including one air-conditioned coach which was unsuccessful and had the air-conditioning unit removed. China Motor Bus

China Motor Bus

New Lantao Bus

The New Lantao Bus Company Limited – known as New Lantao Bus, or NLB – is a franchised bus company operating in Hong Kong....
(NLB) also purchased nine between 1980 and 1983, with a further six buses acquired from KMB in later years. In 1993 NLB sold 10 of its Victory Mk2s to Citybus

Citybus (Hong Kong)

Citybus Limited is one of the three major bus operators in Hong Kong. It provides both Franchising and non-franchised bus service. The franchised route network serves mainly Hong Kong Island, cross-Victoria Harbour routes , Ocean Park Hong Kong, North Lantau and Hong Kong International Airport....
which took over 26 routes from CMB since 1 September 1993.

This model of double-decker bus had served nearly all regions in Hong Kong, including New Territories

New Territories

New Territories, abbreviated to NT or N.T., is a region in Hong Kong excluding Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and Stonecutters Island. Historically, it is the region described in The Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory....
, Kowloon

Kowloon

Kowloon refers to an urban area in Hong Kong made up of Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon, bordered by the Lei Yue Mun strait in the east, Mei Foo Sun Chuen and Stonecutters Island in the west, Tate's Cairn and Lion Rock in the north, and Victoria Harbour in the south....
, Hong Kong Island

Hong Kong Island

Hong Kong Island is an Islands and peninsulas of Hong Kong in the southern part of Hong Kong. It has a population of 1,268,112 and its population density is 15,915/km?, as of 2006....
, and even Lantau Island

Lantau Island

Lantau Island, also Lantao, based on the old local name of Lantau Peak , is the largest island in Hong Kong, located at the mouth of the Pearl River ....
.

All NLB and Citybus's Victory Mk2s were withdrawn in mid-1990s. KMB gave up its last Victory Mk2 in early 1998. CMB operated Victory Mk2s until the takeover of its routes, as well as these buses, by New World First Bus

New World First Bus

New World First Bus Services Limited , abbreviated as First Bus and "NWFB", was established in 1998, taking over China Motor Bus's exclusive right on 1 September 1998 to provide bus services on Hong Kong Island together with Citybus ....
on 1 September 1998, the ex-CMB Victory Mk2s were gradually replaced by new low-floor buses, the last Victory Mk2s were withdrawn after the last day of service on 31 August 2000.

Four Citybus's Victory Mk2s became service vehicles after withdrawal. On the other hand, some withdrawn KMB/CMB Victory Mk2s were sold for use on rescue training.

Accidents

Leyland Victory Mk2 has a notorious reputation as an unsafe bus, mainly due to its soft suspension

Suspension (vehicle)

Suspension is the term given to the system of spring , shock absorbers and Linkage that connects a vehicle to its wheels. Suspension systems serve a dual purpose ? contributing to the car's car handling and brake for good active safety and driving pleasure, and keeping vehicle occupants comfortable and reasonably well isolated from road no...
and high centre of gravity, which makes it prone to overturning.

**Major accidents involving Victory Mk2**
Date	Company	Route	Fleet Number	Accident type	Location
29 August 1980	CMB	4	LV11	rollover Rollover Rollover is a type of car accident, where a vehicle turns over on its side or roof. The main cause for rolling over is turning too sharply while moving too fast....	Pok Fu Lam Road Pok Fu Lam Road Pokfulam Road or Pok Fu Lam Road is a four-lane road on Hong Kong Island running between Sai Ying Pun and Wah Fu, through Pok Fu Lam.It runs south from Sai Ying Pun, passing University of Hong Kong along the Belchers, with a road junction with Pokfield Road.... near Pok Fu Lam Pok Fu Lam Pok Fu Lam or Pokfulam is a residential area on Hong Kong Island, at the western end of the Southern District, Hong Kong.Pok Fu Lam is a valley between Victoria Peak and Mount Kellet, around Telegraph Bay.... Tsuen
1 December 1980	KMB	70	G217	rollover	Junction Intersection (road) In the field of road transport, an intersection is a road Junction where two or more roads either meet or cross At-grade intersection . Such a road junction may also be called a Crossroads .... between Nathan Road and Waterloo Road, Kowloon Kowloon Kowloon refers to an urban area in Hong Kong made up of Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon, bordered by the Lei Yue Mun strait in the east, Mei Foo Sun Chuen and Stonecutters Island in the west, Tate's Cairn and Lion Rock in the north, and Victoria Harbour in the south....
23 August 1981	KMB	66M	G94	collision Collision A collision is an isolated event in which two or more bodies exert relatively strong forces on each other for a relatively short time....	Tuen Mun Road Tuen Mun Road Tuen Mun Road is a major expressway in Hong Kong which connects Tuen Mun in the New Territories with Tsuen Wan. It is part of Hong Kong's Route 9 , which circumnavigates the New Territories.... near Sham Tseng Sham Tseng Sham Tseng is a coastal area in Tsuen Wan District, Hong Kong, between Ting Kau and Tsing Lung Tau.In 1982, the Government launched a new town project for the area....
24 November 1981	KMB	45	G58	rollover	Junction between Fat Kwong Street and Chung Hau Street
25 January 1982	KMB	36M	Unknown	rollover	Junction between Castle Peak Road Castle Peak Road Castle Peak Road is the longest road in Hong Kong. It runs from Kowloon to the very north of the New Territories, serving south, west and north New Territories.... and Wo Yi Hop Road
17 August 1982	KMB	85	Unknown	rollover	Lion Rock Tunnel Road
12 October 1982	KMB	48	G442	rollover	Junction between Tai Wai Road and Lion Rock Tunnel Lion Rock Tunnel The Lion Rock Tunnel, being the first tunnel in Hong Kong, is a twin-bored toll tunnel, connecting Sha Tin in the New Territories and New Kowloon near Kowloon Tong.... Road
14 November 1982	KMB	60M	G440	rollover	Tuen Mun Road near Siu Lam
2 February 1985	KMB	82M	G208	rollover	Junction between Lion Rock Tunnel Road and Tai Chung Kiu Road
10 April 1985	KMB	72	Unknown	rollover	Tai Po Road Tai Po Road Tai Po Road is the second longest road in Hong Kong . It spans from Sham Shui Po in Kowloon to Tai Po in the New Territories of Hong Kong. Initially, the road was named Frontier Road.... near Caldecott Road
5 November 1986	KMB	61A	G470	rollover	Junction between Ming Kum Road and Shek Pai Tau Road, Tuen Mun Tuen Mun Sorry, no overview for this topic
17 March 1990	CMB	94	LV21	rollover	Ap Lei Chau Bridge Ap Lei Chau Bridge Ap Lei Chau Bridge is a highway bridge in Hong Kong connecting the island of Ap Lei Chau and Aberdeen, Hong Kong of the Hong Kong Island acrossing the .... (Exit at Aberdeen Aberdeen Harbour Aberdeen is an area at the south shore of the Hong Kong Island of Hong Kong. It is part of the Southern District, Hong Kong. Aberdeen Harbour is a harbor between Aberdeen and Ap Lei Chau.... side)
9 October 1991	KMB	43X	G493	rollover	Entrance of Tsuen Wan Ferry Pier bus terminus
24 July 1993	KMB	69M	G305	rollover	Junction between Hung Tin Road and Ping Ha Road

Trivia

Leyland Victory Mk2 was also known as "chicken" in Hong Kong because its soft suspension made it look like chicken during acceleration and deceleration.

Leyland Victory Mk2

The orders

Accidents

Trivia

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