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A6 crash in the Derbyshire Dales on 24 August 1997 at 16:30 involving a Peugeot 306

A Peugeot 306, a Renault 19 and another vehicle were involved in a crash on the A6 in the Derbyshire Dales at 16:30 on Sunday 24 August 1997. The 28-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 306 and a 31-year-old male passenger in the Peugeot 306 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Aug 1997
Sunday, 16:30
Vehicles
3
Peugeot 306 and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.14898, longitude -1.57532, in the DE4 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the Derbyshire Dales

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997307B00542
Council area
Derbyshire Dales
Police force
Derbyshire
Highway authority
Derbyshire

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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 12 April 1982.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 306

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault 19

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    1,870 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 3: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 306)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 306)

    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 1997307B00542 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.