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Serious A616 crash in Bolsover on 13 December 1979 at 06:30 involving a car

Two cars, a lorry and another vehicle were involved in a crash on the A616 in Bolsover at 06:30 on Thursday 13 December 1979. The 39-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
13 Dec 1979
Thursday, 06:30
Vehicles
4
Car and 3 others
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.27127, longitude -1.22474, in the S80 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Bolsover

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979309C02743
Council area
Bolsover
Police force
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
616
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
Fine, 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 August 1990.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years

  • Vehicle 2: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years

  • Vehicle 4: Other vehicle

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 39, 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 1979309C02743 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.