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Fatal B6001 crash in the Derbyshire Dales on 14 August 1979 at 00:05 involving a car

A car crashed on the B6001 in the Derbyshire Dales at 00:05 on Tuesday 14 August 1979. The 18-year-old male driver was killed.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
14 Aug 1979
Tuesday, 00:05
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.25173, longitude -1.66124, in the DE45 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the Derbyshire Dales

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979309B01145
Council area
Derbyshire Dales
Police force
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6001
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 November 2025.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 1979309B01145 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Derbyshire Dales road accident statistics for 1979.