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B5470 crash in the Derbyshire Dales on 16 July 1997 at 15:35 involving an LDV 200 Series van

An LDV 200 Series van and a Hyundai S-Coupe were involved in a crash on the B5470 in the Derbyshire Dales at 15:35 on Wednesday 16 July 1997. The 37-year-old male driver of the LDV 200 Series van, the 50-year-old male driver of the Hyundai S-Coupe and a 50-year-old female passenger in the Hyundai S-Coupe were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Jul 1997
Wednesday, 15:35
Vehicles
2
LDV 200 Series and Hyundai S-Coupe
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.32232, longitude -1.98345, in the SK23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Whaley Bridge.

Map of where the crash happened in the Derbyshire Dales

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997307B00409
Council area
Derbyshire Dales
Police force
Derbyshire
Highway authority
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5470
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 27 December 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: LDV 200 Series

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,900 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Hyundai S-Coupe

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    1,495 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 37, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (LDV 200 Series)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Hyundai S-Coupe)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Hyundai S-Coupe)

    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 1997307B00409 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Derbyshire Dales road accident statistics for 1997.