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A61 crash in Chesterfield on 29 April 1998 at 12:15 involving a Peugeot 306

A Peugeot 306 and a Renault 5 were involved in a crash on the A61 in Chesterfield at 12:15 on Wednesday 29 April 1998. The 75-year-old female driver of the Renault 5 and a 76-year-old male passenger in the Renault 5 were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Apr 1998
Wednesday, 12:15
Vehicles
2
Peugeot 306 and Renault 5
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.25082, longitude -1.42294, in the S41 postcode district and within the built-up area of Chesterfield.

Map of where the crash happened in Chesterfield

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998308C00299
Council area
Chesterfield
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
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
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 9 December 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 306

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault 5

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    75 years
    Engine capacity
    1,108 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 75, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault 5)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 76, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault 5)

    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 1998308C00299 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 1998.