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Serious A624 crash in High Peak on 14 October 2002 at 07:00 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A Volkswagen Polo, a Renault Megane and another vehicle were involved in a crash on the A624 in High Peak at 07:00 on Monday 14 October 2002. The 18-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Polo and the 45-year-old female driver of the Renault Megane were seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
14 Oct 2002
Monday, 07:00
Vehicles
3
Volkswagen Polo and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.34314, longitude -1.92382, in the SK23 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Blackbrook, High Peak, SK23 6EH area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200230B000588
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
624
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 July 2002.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,272 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault Megane

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 3: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Megane)

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 200230B000588 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.