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Fatal M1 crash in Bolsover on 26 May 1982 at 09:40 involving a lorry

A lorry hit a pedestrian on the M1 in Bolsover at 09:40 on Wednesday 26 May 1982. A 66-year-old male pedestrian was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
26 May 1982
Wednesday, 09:40
Vehicles
1
Lorry
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.18198, longitude -1.32361, in the S44 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Bolsover

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1982302C01084
Council area
Bolsover
Police force
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
1
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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
Dry
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 24 April 1986.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 66, hit by vehicle 1 (Lorry)

    Pedestrian location
    In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 1982302C01084 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 1982.