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Unclassified road crash in Bolsover DE55 on 5 May 1998 at 21:45 involving a Leyland DAF FT 80 lorry

A Leyland DAF FT 80 lorry crashed on an unclassified road in Bolsover at 21:45 on Tuesday 5 May 1998. The 34-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 May 1998
Tuesday, 21:45
Vehicles
1
Leyland DAF FT 80
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.09224, longitude -1.3504, in the DE55 postcode district and within the built-up area of South Normanton.

Map of where the crash happened in Bolsover

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998308A00322
Council area
Bolsover
Police force
Derbyshire
Highway authority
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
Dark, lighting unknown
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 25 January 1996.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland DAF FT 80

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 34, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Leyland DAF FT 80)

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 1998308A00322 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 1998.