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Unclassified road crash in the Derbyshire Dales DE6 on 14 March 1998 at 15:45 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier and a Rover Range Rover were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in the Derbyshire Dales at 15:45 on Saturday 14 March 1998. A 26-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Cavalier was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Mar 1998
Saturday, 15:45
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Cavalier and Rover Range Rover
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.00557, longitude -1.71532, in the DE6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ashbourne.

Map of where the crash happened in the Derbyshire Dales

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998308B00143
Council area
Derbyshire Dales
Police force
Derbyshire
Highway authority
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 100 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 January 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover Range Rover

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    3,528 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

    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 1998308B00143 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 1998.