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A53 crash in High Peak on 18 December 1995 at 08:35 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the A53 in High Peak at 08:35 on Monday 18 December 1995. A 17-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Dec 1995
Monday, 08:35
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.25937, longitude -1.91002, in the SK17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Buxton.

Map of where the crash happened in High Peak

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1995305B00775
Council area
High Peak
Police force
Derbyshire
Highway authority
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
53
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

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 February 1995.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    23 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing in zig-zag exit lines
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 1995305B00775 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 1995.