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Serious A6 crash in the Derbyshire Dales on 25 August 2002 at 16:00 involving a Suzuki GSX 1400 motorcycle

A Suzuki GSX 1400 motorcycle and a Daihatsu Charade were involved in a crash on the A6 in the Derbyshire Dales at 16:00 on Sunday 25 August 2002. The 29-year-old male rider of the Suzuki GSX 1400 motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
25 Aug 2002
Sunday, 16:00
Vehicles
2
Suzuki GSX 1400 and Daihatsu Charade
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.13165, longitude -1.5586, in the DE4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Matlock. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cromford & Matlock Bath, Derbyshire Dales, DE4 3PT 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
200230B000466
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
6
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other 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 13 May 2015.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki GSX 1400

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,402 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Daihatsu Charade

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,295 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 29, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki GSX 1400)

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 200230B000466 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 2002.