B6026 crash in Bolsover on 26 January 2004 at 18:10 involving a Ford Escort
A Ford Escort and a Dennis bus were involved in a crash on the B6026 in Bolsover at 18:10 on Monday 26 January 2004. A 41-year-old male pedestrian hit by the Dennis bus was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine but windy weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Jan 2004
- Monday, 18:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Escort and Dennis
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.13154, longitude -1.34144, in the DE55 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newton and Blackwell. It is one of the crashes that make up the Blackwell, Bolsover, DE55 5SJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bolsover
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200430C000072
- Council area
- Bolsover
- Police force
- Derbyshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Derbyshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6026
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine with high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 January 2020.
Slight
Volkswagen Transporter crash on the B6026 in Bolsover, 2 January 2020
14 m awayRef 2020302000219
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B6026 in Bolsover, 12 May 2007
14 m awayRef 200730C000291
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on the B6026 in Bolsover, 13 January 2003
14 m awayRef 200330C000030
Slight
Alexander Dennis crash on the B6026 in Bolsover, 13 September 2024
45 m awayRef 2024302401433
Serious
Lexmoto Assault 125 crash on the B6026 in Bolsover, 7 May 2025
60 m awayRef 2025302500820
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B6026 in Bolsover, 22 May 1989
63 m awayRef 1989309C00354
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Dennis
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 41, hit by vehicle 2 (Dennis)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, not crossing
- Pedestrian movement
- In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing), masked by parked or stationary vehicle
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 200430C000072 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 2004.