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Fatal B6039 crash in Chesterfield on 15 May 1982 at 02:20 involving a bus or coach

Two buses or coaches were involved in a crash on the B6039 in Chesterfield at 02:20 on Saturday 15 May 1982. A 29-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 was killed.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Fatal
Date
15 May 1982
Saturday, 02:20
Vehicles
2
Bus or coach and another
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.22018, longitude -1.40688, in the S41 postcode district and within the built-up area of Chesterfield.

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1982302C01001
Council area
Chesterfield
Police force
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6039
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 6 January 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Fatal

    Female, aged 29, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Alighting

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 1982302C01001 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 1982.