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Fatal C road crash in Bolsover S80 on 13 December 1990 at 20:00 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier and a Yamaha motorcycle were involved in a crash on a C road in Bolsover at 20:00 on Thursday 13 December 1990. The 29-year-old male rider of the Yamaha motorcycle was killed and the 18-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
13 Dec 1990
Thursday, 20:00
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Cavalier and Yamaha
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.27198, longitude -1.19623, in the S80 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Bolsover

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990300C00952
Council area
Bolsover
Police force
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
C
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, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 283 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 January 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Yamaha

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    98 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 29, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Yamaha)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

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 1990300C00952 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bolsover road accident statistics for 1990.