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Serious B6051 crash in North East Derbyshire on 5 December 1979 at 08:55 involving a lorry

A lorry, a car and another vehicle were involved in a crash on the B6051 in North East Derbyshire at 08:55 on Wednesday 5 December 1979. The 29-year-old female driver of the car was seriously injured and an 8-year-old male passenger in the car was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
5 Dec 1979
Wednesday, 08:55
Vehicles
3
Lorry and 2 others
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.27452, longitude -1.4961, in the S18 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in North East Derbyshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979309C02665
Council area
North East Derbyshire
Police force
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6051
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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 12 August 1985.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    29 years

  • Vehicle 3: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 8, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 1979309C02665 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North East Derbyshire road accident statistics for 1979.