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Serious A6 crash in High Peak on 9 November 1990 at 17:20 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort crashed on the A6 in High Peak at 17:20 on Friday 9 November 1990. The 48-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened after dark in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
9 Nov 1990
Friday, 17:20
Vehicles
1
Ford Escort
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.31419, longitude -1.89339, in the SK17 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in High Peak

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990300B00643
Council area
High Peak
Police force
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Dark, lighting unknown
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 23 March 1990.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    1,392 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

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 1990300B00643 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 1990.