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Serious A6 crash in High Peak on 17 September 1986 at 10:35 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on the A6 in High Peak at 10:35 on Wednesday 17 September 1986. The 24-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
17 Sep 1986
Wednesday, 10:35
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.30699, longitude -1.88441, 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
1986306B00433
Council area
High Peak
Police force
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6
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
Dry
Carriageway hazards
Other object in carriageway

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 January 1982.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 24, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

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 1986306B00433 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 1986.