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A53 crash in High Peak on 3 January 2018 at 19:20 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf hit a pedestrian on the A53 in High Peak at 19:20 on Wednesday 3 January 2018. A 43-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Jan 2018
Wednesday, 19:20
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen Golf
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.25786, longitude -1.92098, in the SK17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Buxton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Temple, High Peak, SK17 6HQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in High Peak

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018301800030
Council area
High Peak
Police force
Derbyshire
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
53
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 light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, lighting unknown
Road surface
Dry

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, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 November 2021.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,968 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 43, hit by vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% 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 2018301800030 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 2018.