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A6 crash in High Peak on 7 November 1991 at 18:30 involving a Vauxhall Belmont

A bicycle and a Vauxhall Belmont were involved in a crash on the A6 in High Peak at 18:30 on Thursday 7 November 1991. The 30-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Nov 1991
Thursday, 18:30
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and Vauxhall Belmont
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.31149, longitude -1.8874, in the SK17 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in High Peak

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1991301B00600
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
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
623

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 16 April 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

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

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Belmont

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, 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 1991301B00600 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 1991.