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Fatal B6019 crash in Amber Valley on 15 November 1987 at 22:50 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on the B6019 in Amber Valley at 22:50 on Sunday 15 November 1987. The 16-year-old male rider was killed.

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

Severity
Fatal
Date
15 Nov 1987
Sunday, 22:50
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.09865, longitude -1.37271, in the DE55 postcode district and within the built-up area of Alfreton.

Map of where the crash happened in Amber Valley

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1987307A00634
Council area
Amber Valley
Police force
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6019
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
Dark, lighting unknown
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Flood over 3cm deep

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 5 May 1983.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    16 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 16, 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 1987307A00634 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.