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Fatal M1 crash in Chesterfield on 6 April 1996 at 13:45 involving a Lancia Y10

A Lancia Y10 crashed on the M1 in Chesterfield at 13:45 on Saturday 6 April 1996. A 54-year-old male passenger was killed and the 49-year-old female driver and a 22-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Fatal
Date
6 Apr 1996
Saturday, 13:45
Vehicles
1
Lancia Y10
Casualties
3
1 killed, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.24764, longitude -1.33007, in the S44 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Chesterfield

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1996306C10040
Council area
Chesterfield
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
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 6 December 1983.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Lancia Y10

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Fatal

    Male, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Lancia Y10)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Lancia Y10)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Lancia Y10)

    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 1996306C10040 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Chesterfield road accident statistics for 1996.