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A61 crash in Chesterfield on 26 April 2000 at 15:30 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier, a car and another vehicle were involved in a crash on the A61 in Chesterfield at 15:30 on Wednesday 26 April 2000. A 4-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Cavalier was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Apr 2000
Wednesday, 15:30
Vehicles
3
Vauxhall Cavalier and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.21891, longitude -1.42786, in the S40 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
200030C000282
Council area
Chesterfield
Police force
Derbyshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Derbyshire

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 26 November 2002.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years

  • Vehicle 3: Other vehicle

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 4, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 200030C000282 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 2000.