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A517 crash in the Derbyshire Dales on 23 August 1989 at 15:00 involving a car

A car and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A517 in the Derbyshire Dales at 15:00 on Wednesday 23 August 1989. The 9-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Aug 1989
Wednesday, 15:00
Vehicles
2
Car and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.0206, longitude -1.62429, in the DE6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the Derbyshire Dales

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1989309B00561
Council area
Derbyshire Dales
Police force
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
517
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, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 7 October 1993.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Nearside

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 9, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 1989309B00561 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Derbyshire Dales road accident statistics for 1989.