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C road crash in Chesterfield S43 on 21 December 1997 at 20:20 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra and a Nissan Sunny were involved in a crash on a C road in Chesterfield at 20:20 on Sunday 21 December 1997. A 20-year-old female passenger in the Nissan Sunny was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fog or mist on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Dec 1997
Sunday, 20:20
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and Nissan Sunny
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.25856, longitude -1.35538, in the S43 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Chesterfield

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997307C00908
Council area
Chesterfield
Police force
Derbyshire
Highway authority
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
C
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
Daylight
Weather
Fog or mist
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 February 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,700 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Nissan Sunny

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    73 years
    Engine capacity
    1,270 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Sunny)

    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 1997307C00908 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.