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A6 crash in Amber Valley on 6 November 1996 at 23:40 involving a Ford Transit van

A Ford Transit van crashed on the A6 in Amber Valley at 23:40 on Wednesday 6 November 1996. An 18-year-old male passenger and a 16-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Nov 1996
Wednesday, 23:40
Vehicles
1
Ford Transit
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.97332, longitude -1.48174, in the DE56 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Amber Valley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1996306A00710
Council area
Amber Valley
Police force
Derbyshire
Highway authority
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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, street lights lit
Weather
Other
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a fatal crash on 13 July 1981.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Single trailer
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    2,496 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 16, 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 1996306A00710 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Amber Valley road accident statistics for 1996.