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A6 crash in the Derbyshire Dales on 17 December 1990 at 16:03 involving an Opel Kadett

A bicycle and an Opel Kadett were involved in a crash on the A6 in the Derbyshire Dales at 16:03 on Monday 17 December 1990. The 46-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened after dark in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Dec 1990
Monday, 16:03
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and Opel Kadett
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.16162, longitude -1.59016, in the DE4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Darley Dale.

Map of where the crash happened in the Derbyshire Dales

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990300B00693
Council area
Derbyshire Dales
Police force
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
5057

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

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 17 February 1983.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

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

  • Vehicle 2: Opel Kadett

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    68 years
    Engine capacity
    1,281 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 46, on vehicle 1 (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 1990300B00693 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 1990.