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Serious B5005 crash in South Derbyshire on 19 February 1979 at 08:25 involving a van

A van and a car were involved in a crash on the B5005 in South Derbyshire at 08:25 on Monday 19 February 1979. The 18-year-old male driver of the van was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
19 Feb 1979
Monday, 08:25
Vehicles
2
Van and car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.76876, longitude -1.58348, in the DE11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Swadlincote.

Map of where the crash happened in South Derbyshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979309D00530
Council area
South Derbyshire
Police force
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5005
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a fatal crash on 23 May 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

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 1979309D00530 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Derbyshire road accident statistics for 1979.