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M1 crash in Bolsover on 10 December 1997 at 04:50 involving a Scania lorry

A Scania lorry and a Volkswagen LT 35 van were involved in a crash on the M1 in Bolsover at 04:50 on Wednesday 10 December 1997. The 36-year-old male driver of the Scania lorry and the 47-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen LT 35 van were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Dec 1997
Wednesday, 04:50
Vehicles
2
Scania and Volkswagen LT 35
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.09927, longitude -1.32192, in the NG16 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Bolsover

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997307C10154
Council area
Bolsover
Police force
Derbyshire
Highway authority
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
1
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining with 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 November 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Scania

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    14,200 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen LT 35

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    2,400 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 36, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Scania)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 47, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen LT 35)

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 1997307C10154 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bolsover road accident statistics for 1997.