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A6013 crash in High Peak on 19 December 1997 at 06:45 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the A6013 in High Peak at 06:45 on Friday 19 December 1997. The 40-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.

It happened after dark in fog or mist on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Dec 1997
Friday, 06:45
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and Volkswagen Golf
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.3372, longitude -1.6906, in the S33 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in High Peak

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997307B00772
Council area
High Peak
Police force
Derbyshire
Highway authority
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6013
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Stop sign
Second road class
A
Second road number
625

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, lighting unknown
Weather
Fog or mist
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 29 April 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,686 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

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 1997307B00772 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.