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Serious A610 crash in Amber Valley on 17 September 1986 at 19:35 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and two cars were involved in a crash on the A610 in Amber Valley at 19:35 on Wednesday 17 September 1986. There were four casualties: two people were seriously injured and two were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
17 Sep 1986
Wednesday, 19:35
Vehicles
3
Motorcycle and 2 others
Casualties
4
2 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.06122, longitude -1.43891, in the DE56 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Amber Valley

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1986306A00574
Council area
Amber Valley
Police force
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
610
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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 23 October 1985.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    22 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 23, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 4: Driver

    Serious

    Female, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (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 1986306A00574 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Amber Valley road accident statistics for 1986.