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Serious A53 crash in High Peak on 12 December 1983 at 10:40 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A53 in High Peak at 10:40 on Monday 12 December 1983. There were five casualties: four people were seriously injured and one was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
12 Dec 1983
Monday, 10:40
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
5
4 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.23063, longitude -1.94453, in the SK17 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in High Peak

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1983303B02149
Council area
High Peak
Police force
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
53
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
Fine, 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 12 August 1980.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years

Casualties (5)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, 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 1983303B02149 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.