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Serious A619 crash in Chesterfield on 17 November 1980 at 08:20 involving a lorry

A lorry and another vehicle were involved in a crash on the A619 in Chesterfield at 08:20 on Monday 17 November 1980. A 44-year-old male passenger in the other vehicle and the 22-year-old male driver of the other vehicle were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
17 Nov 1980
Monday, 08:20
Vehicles
2
Lorry and other vehicle
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.27545, longitude -1.32064, in the S43 postcode district and within the built-up area of Staveley.

Map of where the crash happened in Chesterfield

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1980300C02500
Council area
Chesterfield
Police force
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
619
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Stop sign
Second road class
B
Second road number
6419

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 27 May 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

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

  • Vehicle 2: Other vehicle

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

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 44, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 2 (Other vehicle)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 22, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 2 (Other vehicle)

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 1980300C02500 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Chesterfield road accident statistics for 1980.