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A619 crash in Chesterfield on 22 October 1997 at 11:40 involving a Leyland National bus

A lorry and a Leyland National bus were involved in a crash on the A619 in Chesterfield at 11:40 on Wednesday 22 October 1997. The 44-year-old male driver of the Leyland National bus, a 19-year-old female passenger in the Leyland National bus and a 17-year-old female passenger in the Leyland National bus were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Oct 1997
Wednesday, 11:40
Vehicles
2
Lorry and Leyland National
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.27719, longitude -1.31161, in the S43 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Chesterfield

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997307C00716
Council area
Chesterfield
Police force
Derbyshire
Highway authority
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
619
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 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 December 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years

  • Vehicle 2: Leyland National

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    17 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 44, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Leyland National)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Leyland National)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 17, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Leyland National)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated 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 1997307C00716 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 1997.