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C road crash in the Derbyshire Dales DE45 on 31 December 2018 at 14:00 involving a Scania bus

A Scania bus hit a pedestrian on a C road in the Derbyshire Dales at 14:00 on Monday 31 December 2018. A 74-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Dec 2018
Monday, 14:00
Vehicles
1
Scania
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.22397, longitude -1.70927, in the DE45 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bakewell, Derbyshire Dales, DE45 1QE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in the Derbyshire Dales

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018301801819
Council area
Derbyshire Dales
Police force
Derbyshire
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single 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, lighting unknown
Weather
Fine, no high winds
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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 May 2017.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Scania

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Lane or location
    Footway (pavement)
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Engine capacity
    9,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 74, hit by vehicle 1 (Scania)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least 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 2018301801819 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Derbyshire Dales road accident statistics for 2018.