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A6 crash in High Peak on 5 January 1982 at 18:15 involving a lorry

A lorry and a car were involved in a crash on the A6 in High Peak at 18:15 on Tuesday 5 January 1982. The 40-year-old female driver of the car was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Jan 1982
Tuesday, 18:15
Vehicles
2
Lorry and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.30699, longitude -1.88441, in the SK17 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in High Peak

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1982302B00016
Council area
High Peak
Police force
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6
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 with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 11 June 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    40 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 1982302B00016 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the High Peak road accident statistics for 1982.