Unclassified road crash in Chesterfield S40 on 1 March 2001 at 08:50 involving a Peugeot 309
A Peugeot 309, a Ford Fiesta and a Citroen Xantia were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Chesterfield at 08:50 on Thursday 1 March 2001. All five casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Mar 2001
- Thursday, 08:50
- Vehicles
- 3
- Peugeot 309 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 5
- 5 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.23478, longitude -1.43694, in the S40 postcode district and within the built-up area of Chesterfield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Spire, Chesterfield, S40 1QX area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200130C000158
- Council area
- Chesterfield
- Police force
- Derbyshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Derbyshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 619
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Frost or ice
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 1 December 1999.
Slight
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Serious
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Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 309
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,905 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,391 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 3: Citroen Xantia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,905 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 309)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 8, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 309)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 4: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Citroen Xantia)
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 8, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Citroen Xantia)
- 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 200130C000158 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 2001.