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Serious A623 crash in the Derbyshire Dales on 21 May 2000 at 12:05 involving a Ford Escort

A bicycle and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A623 in the Derbyshire Dales at 12:05 on Sunday 21 May 2000. The male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 May 2000
Sunday, 12:05
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and Ford Escort
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.27897, longitude -1.74036, in the SK17 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the Derbyshire Dales

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200030B000304
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
623
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 18 March 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

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 200030B000304 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 2000.