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A6 crash in High Peak on 27 March 2002 at 11:35 involving a Citroen AX

A Citroen AX, a Daewoo Matiz and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on the A6 in High Peak at 11:35 on Wednesday 27 March 2002. The 23-year-old female driver of the Daewoo Matiz was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Mar 2002
Wednesday, 11:35
Vehicles
3
Citroen AX and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.26034, longitude -1.90552, in the SK17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Buxton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Buxton Central, High Peak, SK17 6QW area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in High Peak

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200230B000156
Council area
High Peak
Police force
Derbyshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 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
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
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 5 December 2002.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen AX

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    954 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Daewoo Matiz

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 3: Ford Mondeo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Daewoo Matiz)

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 200230B000156 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the High Peak road accident statistics for 2002.