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Fatal A516 crash in Derby on 7 November 1988 at 23:10 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach hit a pedestrian on the A516 in Derby at 23:10 on Monday 7 November 1988. A 43-year-old male pedestrian was killed.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Fatal
Date
7 Nov 1988
Monday, 23:10
Vehicles
1
Bus or coach
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.9212, longitude -1.48385, in the DE1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Derby.

Map of where the crash happened in Derby

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1988308D00950
Council area
Derby
Police force
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
516
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 January 1998.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 43, hit by vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 1988308D00950 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Derby road accident statistics for 1988.