A515 crash in High Peak on 15 December 2002 at 20:55 involving a Ford Mondeo
Two Ford Mondeos were involved in a crash on the A515 in High Peak at 20:55 on Sunday 15 December 2002. The 47-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and the 48-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Dec 2002
- Sunday, 20:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Mondeo and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.25145, longitude -1.91169, 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
- 200230B000700
- 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
- 515
- 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
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 April 2012.
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A515 in High Peak, 15 April 2012
20 m awayRef 201230B000649
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A515 in High Peak, 20 October 2001
22 m awayRef 200130B000593
Slight
Car crash on the A515 in High Peak, 3 September 1983
22 m awayRef 1983303B01492
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A515 in High Peak, 23 August 1984
22 m awayRef 1984304B00409
Slight
Peugeot 207 crash on the A515 in High Peak, 9 August 2014
32 m awayRef 2014300008530
Slight
Citroen C3 crash on the A515 in High Peak, 12 May 2025
49 m awayRef 2025302500986
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Mondeo)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Mondeo)
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 200230B000700 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.