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Serious A621 crash in the Derbyshire Dales on 11 July 2001 at 17:00 involving a Toyota Starlet

Two lorries and a Toyota Starlet were involved in a crash on the A621 in the Derbyshire Dales at 17:00 on Wednesday 11 July 2001. The 20-year-old male driver of the Toyota Starlet was seriously injured and the 44-year-old male driver of vehicle 3 and a 22-year-old male passenger in the Toyota Starlet were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
11 Jul 2001
Wednesday, 17:00
Vehicles
3
Toyota Starlet and 2 others
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.26066, longitude -1.58906, in the DE45 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chatsworth, Derbyshire Dales, DE45 1PQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in the Derbyshire Dales

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200130B000397
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
621
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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 October 2006.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years

  • Vehicle 2: Toyota Starlet

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 3: Lorry

    Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes

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

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 44, goods vehicle occupant (3.5 to 7.5 tonnes), in vehicle 3 (Lorry)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Starlet)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Starlet)

    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 200130B000397 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 2001.