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Fatal unclassified road crash in Derby DE1 on 9 December 2006 at 22:19 involving a Scania bus

A Scania bus hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Derby at 22:19 on Saturday 9 December 2006. A 50-year-old male pedestrian was killed.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry one-way street with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
9 Dec 2006
Saturday, 22:19
Vehicles
1
Scania
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.92363, longitude -1.4691, in the DE1 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Arboretum, Derby, DE1 1NN area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Derby

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200630D000973
Council area
Derby
Police force
Derbyshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
One way street
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 July 2004.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Scania

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    9,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 50, hit by vehicle 1 (Scania)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 200630D000973 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Derby road accident statistics for 2006.