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A516 crash in South Derbyshire on 5 May 1990 at 22:30 involving a Talbot Sunbeam

A Talbot Sunbeam crashed on the A516 in South Derbyshire at 22:30 on Saturday 5 May 1990. A male passenger was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
5 May 1990
Saturday, 22:30
Vehicles
1
Talbot Sunbeam
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.875, longitude -1.63001, in the DE65 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hilton.

Map of where the crash happened in South Derbyshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990300D00469
Council area
South Derbyshire
Police force
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
516
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, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry
Special conditions at the site
Road surface defective
Carriageway hazards
Poor or defective road surface

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 October 1979.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Talbot Sunbeam

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,300 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Talbot Sunbeam)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 1990300D00469 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Derbyshire road accident statistics for 1990.