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Fatal C road crash in Amber Valley DE56 on 31 July 1987 at 18:12 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on a C road in Amber Valley at 18:12 on Friday 31 July 1987. A 79-year-old male pedestrian was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
31 Jul 1987
Friday, 18:12
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.0343, longitude -1.44821, in the DE56 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Amber Valley

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1987307A00415
Council area
Amber Valley
Police force
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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 with high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 100 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 3 December 1997.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    19 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 79, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, facing traffic

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 1987307A00415 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 1987.