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B5059 crash in High Peak on 19 December 2017 at 18:30 involving a Volkswagen Touran

A Volkswagen Touran hit a pedestrian on the B5059 in High Peak at 18:30 on Tuesday 19 December 2017. A 75-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Dec 2017
Tuesday, 18:30
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen Touran
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.25417, longitude -1.91226, in the SK17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Buxton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Buxton Central, High Peak, SK17 6QW area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in High Peak

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017301702072
Council area
High Peak
Police force
Derbyshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5059
Road type
Single carriageway
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
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no 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
8%
Estimated chance it was slight
92%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 1 metre away, was a fatal crash on 5 February 2011.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Touran

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 75, hit by vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Touran)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside
    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

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 2017301702072 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 2017.