A57 crash in High Peak on 17 December 2002 at 14:10 involving a Peugeot 309
A Peugeot 309, an Austin Mini and a Citroen Xantia were involved in a crash on the A57 in High Peak at 14:10 on Tuesday 17 December 2002. The 36-year-old male driver of the Austin Mini was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Dec 2002
- Tuesday, 14:10
- Vehicles
- 3
- Peugeot 309 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.37408, longitude -1.70461, in the S33 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in High Peak
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200230B000708
- 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
- 57
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 April 2024.
Slight
Skoda Fabia crash on the A57 in High Peak, 12 April 2024
8 m awayRef 2024302400564
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A57 in High Peak, 11 October 2025
47 m awayRef 2025302501549
Slight
Car crash on the A57 in High Peak, 7 April 1980
50 m awayRef 1980300B00495
Slight
Saab 9000 crash on the A57 in High Peak, 25 July 1997
50 m awayRef 1997307B00431
Slight
Car crash on the A57 in High Peak, 22 July 1988
50 m awayRef 1988308B00598
Slight
Peugeot 307 crash on the A57 in High Peak, 20 November 2006
63 m awayRef 200630B000548
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 309
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,905 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Vehicle 2: Austin Mini
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 3: Citroen Xantia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- First point of impact
- Back
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Mini)
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 200230B000708 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.