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Serious A61 crash in North East Derbyshire on 19 July 1991 at 16:15 involving a Ford Sierra

A Ford Sierra and another vehicle were involved in a crash on the A61 in North East Derbyshire at 16:15 on Friday 19 July 1991. A 14-year-old male pedestrian hit by the Ford Sierra was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
19 Jul 1991
Friday, 16:15
Vehicles
2
Ford Sierra and other vehicle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.20497, longitude -1.42206, in the S42 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wingerworth.

Map of where the crash happened in North East Derbyshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1991301C00481
Council area
North East Derbyshire
Police force
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
61
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 16 October 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 14, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 1991301C00481 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North East Derbyshire road accident statistics for 1991.