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Serious B6150 crash in Chesterfield on 17 November 2001 at 20:30 involving a Toyota Carina taxi

A Toyota Carina taxi and a Fiat Punto were involved in a crash on the B6150 in Chesterfield at 20:30 on Saturday 17 November 2001. The 56-year-old male driver of the Toyota Carina taxi was seriously injured and the 24-year-old female driver of the Fiat Punto and a 29-year-old male passenger in the Fiat Punto were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
17 Nov 2001
Saturday, 20:30
Vehicles
2
Toyota Carina and Fiat Punto
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.2496, longitude -1.45458, in the S40 postcode district and within the built-up area of Chesterfield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Dunston, Chesterfield, S41 8QJ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200130C000801
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
6150
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
Central refuge, no other controls

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 20 October 2008.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Carina

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years

  • Vehicle 2: Fiat Punto

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 56, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Carina)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Punto)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Punto)

    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 200130C000801 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.