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Fatal A516 crash in Derby on 29 November 1990 at 14:55 involving a Ford Transit van

A Ford Transit van crashed on the A516 in Derby at 14:55 on Thursday 29 November 1990. The 43-year-old male driver was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
29 Nov 1990
Thursday, 14:55
Vehicles
1
Ford Transit
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.91506, longitude -1.52259, in the DE3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Derby

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990300D01094
Council area
Derby
Police force
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
516
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 1 March 1997.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Nearside or offside crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    2,496 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 43, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

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 1990300D01094 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Derby road accident statistics for 1990.