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A625 crash in High Peak on 17 August 1979 at 08:10 involving a car

A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A625 in High Peak at 08:10 on Friday 17 August 1979. The 16-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Aug 1979
Friday, 08:10
Vehicles
2
Car and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.3463, longitude -1.7371, in the S33 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in High Peak

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979309B01164
Council area
High Peak
Police force
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
625
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 April 1979.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    68 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    16 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

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 1979309B01164 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the High Peak road accident statistics for 1979.