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A624 crash in High Peak on 5 June 1997 at 15:30 involving a Honda Civic

A Honda Civic and a Ford Sierra were involved in a crash on the A624 in High Peak at 15:30 on Thursday 5 June 1997. The 76-year-old male driver of the Honda Civic, the 47-year-old female driver of the Ford Sierra and a 73-year-old female passenger in the Honda Civic were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Jun 1997
Thursday, 15:30
Vehicles
2
Honda Civic and Ford Sierra
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.34567, longitude -1.92486, in the SK23 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in High Peak

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997307B00309
Council area
High Peak
Police force
Derbyshire
Highway authority
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
624
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
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 2 September 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda Civic

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    76 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,769 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 76, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Civic)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Sierra)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 73, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Civic)

    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 1997307B00309 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 1997.