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A6 crash in the Derbyshire Dales on 3 December 2023 at 19:24 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the A6 in the Derbyshire Dales at 19:24 on Sunday 3 December 2023. A 45-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in snow on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Dec 2023
Sunday, 19:24
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.11873, longitude -1.56233, in the DE4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Matlock Bath. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cromford & Matlock Bath, Derbyshire Dales, DE4 5JH 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
2023302301862
Council area
Derbyshire Dales
Police force
Derbyshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6
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, street lights lit
Weather
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
5%
Estimated chance it was slight
95%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 October 1999.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 45, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic
    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% 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 2023302301862 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 2023.