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Serious A61 crash in Derby on 27 January 2000 at 17:25 involving a Honda NH80MD motorcycle

A Honda NH80MD motorcycle, a Yamaha XJ 600 N motorcycle and two other vehicles were involved in a crash on the A61 in Derby at 17:25 on Thursday 27 January 2000. The 24-year-old female rider of the Honda NH80MD motorcycle and the 33-year-old male rider of the Yamaha XJ 600 N motorcycle were seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
27 Jan 2000
Thursday, 17:25
Vehicles
4
Honda NH80MD and 3 others
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.94265, longitude -1.46187, in the DE21 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Derby

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200030D000084
Council area
Derby
Police force
Derbyshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
61
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
Dark, street lights lit
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 22 December 2008.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda NH80MD

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    24 years

  • Vehicle 2: Yamaha XJ 600 N

    Motorcycle over 125cc

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

  • Vehicle 3: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver age
    40 years

  • Vehicle 4: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver age
    60 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Female, aged 24, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda NH80MD)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 33, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha XJ 600 N)

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 200030D000084 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Derby road accident statistics for 2000.