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A61 crash in North East Derbyshire on 18 February 1997 at 14:00 involving a Suzuki motorcycle

A Suzuki motorcycle and a Ford Orion were involved in a crash on the A61 in North East Derbyshire at 14:00 on Tuesday 18 February 1997. The 16-year-old male rider of the Suzuki motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Feb 1997
Tuesday, 14:00
Vehicles
2
Suzuki and Ford Orion
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.19057, longitude -1.41777, in the S42 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in North East Derbyshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997307C00114
Council area
North East Derbyshire
Police force
Derbyshire
Highway authority
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
61
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Stop sign
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 22 July 1981.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    16 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Orion

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Engine capacity
    1,296 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Suzuki)

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 1997307C00114 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North East Derbyshire road accident statistics for 1997.