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Serious C road crash in Bolsover S44 on 5 January 1979 at 23:45

A vehicle hit two pedestrians on a C road in Bolsover at 23:45 on Friday 5 January 1979. A 42-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured and a 21-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
5 Jan 1979
Friday, 23:45
Vehicles
1
Other vehicle
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.18804, longitude -1.2846, in the S44 postcode district and within the built-up area of Glapwell.

Map of where the crash happened in Bolsover

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979309C00031
Council area
Bolsover
Police force
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Other
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 1 June 1984.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Other vehicle

    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, hit by vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 42, hit by vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic

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 1979309C00031 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bolsover road accident statistics for 1979.