A57 crash in High Peak on 16 December 1986 at 15:10 involving a van

A van and a lorry were involved in a crash on the A57 in High Peak at 15:10 on Tuesday 16 December 1986. The 29-year-old male driver of the van was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 16 Dec 1986; Tuesday, 15:10
Vehicles: 2; Van and lorry
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 1986306B00609
Council area: High Peak
Police force: Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 57
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 30 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: Daylight
Weather: Fine, no high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
North West
Travelling to
South East
Hit object in carriageway
Parked vehicle
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
29 years
Vehicle 2: Lorry
Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
Towing and articulation
Articulated vehicle
Manoeuvre
Slowing or stopping
Travelling from
North West
Travelling to
South East
First point of impact
Back

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Male, aged 29, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

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 1986306B00609 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.