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A57 crash in High Peak on 31 December 1998 at 16:35 involving a Fiat Cinquecento

A car and a Fiat Cinquecento were involved in a crash on the A57 in High Peak at 16:35 on Thursday 31 December 1998. The 29-year-old female driver of the car and a 5-year-old male passenger in the Fiat Cinquecento were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Dec 1998
Thursday, 16:35
Vehicles
2
Car and Fiat Cinquecento
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.44276, longitude -1.95028, in the SK13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Glossop.

Map of where the crash happened in High Peak

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998308B00822
Council area
High Peak
Police force
Derbyshire
Highway authority
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
57
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
6105

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Other
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 1 February 1993.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    29 years

  • Vehicle 2: Fiat Cinquecento

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    899 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 5, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Cinquecento)

    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 1998308B00822 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 1998.