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Fatal M1 crash in Erewash on 12 June 1986 at 17:15 involving a lorry

Two lorries were involved in a crash on the M1 in Erewash at 17:15 on Thursday 12 June 1986. A 17-year-old male passenger in vehicle 1 was killed and the male driver of vehicle 1 was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Fatal
Date
12 Jun 1986
Thursday, 17:15
Vehicles
2
Lorry and another
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.88793, longitude -1.3059, in the NG10 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Erewash

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1986306A00409
Council area
Erewash
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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 7 September 1980.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

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

  • Vehicle 2: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Lane or location
    On lay-by or hard shoulder
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Fatal

    Male, aged 17, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Lorry)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

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

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 1986306A00409 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Erewash road accident statistics for 1986.