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Fatal B6150 crash in Chesterfield on 9 September 1997 at 22:00 involving a Peugeot 205

A Peugeot 205, a Ford Orion and another vehicle were involved in a crash on the B6150 in Chesterfield at 22:00 on Tuesday 9 September 1997. The 25-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 205 and the 19-year-old female driver of the Ford Orion were killed and a 21-year-old male passenger in the Peugeot 205 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
9 Sep 1997
Tuesday, 22:00
Vehicles
3
Peugeot 205 and 2 others
Casualties
3
2 killed, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.24203, longitude -1.46652, in the S40 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Chesterfield

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997307C00601
Council area
Chesterfield
Police force
Derbyshire
Highway authority
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6150
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 3 November 1984.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 205

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Orion

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 3: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 205)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Fatal

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Orion)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 205)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 1997307C00601 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Chesterfield road accident statistics for 1997.