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M1 crash in Bolsover on 20 August 1994 at 23:30 involving a Volvo 240

A Volvo 240, a Volvo 340 and a Peugeot 309 were involved in a crash on the M1 in Bolsover at 23:30 on Saturday 20 August 1994. A 43-year-old male passenger in the Volvo 340 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Aug 1994
Saturday, 23:30
Vehicles
3
Volvo 240 and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.16671, longitude -1.32535, in the S44 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Bolsover

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1994304C00526
Council area
Bolsover
Police force
Derbyshire
Highway authority
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
1
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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, lighting unknown
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 22 October 1997.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 240

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    2,315 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo 340

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,397 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 3: Peugeot 309

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,294 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo 340)

    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 1994304C00526 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 1994.