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Fatal A628 crash in High Peak on 6 April 1983 at 09:30 involving a lorry

A lorry and two cars were involved in a crash on the A628 in High Peak at 09:30 on Wednesday 6 April 1983. The 21-year-old male driver of vehicle 3 was killed, two other people were seriously injured and one was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
6 Apr 1983
Wednesday, 09:30
Vehicles
3
Lorry and 2 others
Casualties
4
1 killed, 2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.48409, longitude -1.91407, in the SK13 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in High Peak

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1983303B00557
Council area
High Peak
Police force
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
628
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
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 28 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 December 2001.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

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

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Lorry)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 1983303B00557 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 1983.