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A621 crash in the Derbyshire Dales on 26 December 2002 at 12:40 involving a Hyundai Accent

A Hyundai Accent crashed on the A621 in the Derbyshire Dales at 12:40 on Thursday 26 December 2002. All four casualties were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Dec 2002
Thursday, 12:40
Vehicles
1
Hyundai Accent
Casualties
4
4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.26023, longitude -1.59416, in the DE45 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chatsworth, Derbyshire Dales, DE45 1PQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in the Derbyshire Dales

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200230B000724
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
621
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 October 2009.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Hyundai Accent

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,495 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Hyundai Accent)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Hyundai Accent)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 4, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Hyundai Accent)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 5, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Hyundai Accent)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 200230B000724 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.