Serious B6038 crash in Chesterfield on 21 June 2000 at 14:05 involving a Volvo bus
A Volvo bus crashed on the B6038 in Chesterfield at 14:05 on Wednesday 21 June 2000. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 21 Jun 2000
- Wednesday, 14:05
- Vehicles
- 1
- Volvo
- Casualties
- 4
- 1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.21622, longitude -1.41007, in the S41 postcode district and within the built-up area of Chesterfield.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200030C000430
- Council area
- Chesterfield
- Police force
- Derbyshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Derbyshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6038
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Carriageway hazards
- Other object in carriageway
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 41 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 19 January 1979.
Serious
Car crash on the B6038 in Chesterfield, 19 January 1979
41 m awayRef 1979309C00154
Slight
Rover 100 Series crash on the B6038 in Chesterfield, 19 March 1998
41 m awayRef 1998308C00185
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the B6038 in Chesterfield, 1 February 1996
41 m awayRef 1996306C00073
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the B6038 in Chesterfield, 5 June 1991
41 m awayRef 1991301C00371
Fatal
Lorry crash on the B6038 in Chesterfield, 4 September 1989
98 m awayRef 1989309C00608
Slight
Peugeot 405 crash on the B6038 in Chesterfield, 9 December 1990
108 m awayRef 1990300C00940
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Volvo
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 9,600 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 35, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 65, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 50, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 24, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated 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 200030C000430 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.