Serious A617 crash in Bolsover on 1 February 2002 at 15:27 involving a Ford Sierra
A Ford Sierra and a car were involved in a crash on the A617 in Bolsover at 15:27 on Friday 1 February 2002. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 1 Feb 2002
- Friday, 15:27
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Sierra and car
- Casualties
- 4
- 1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.19233, longitude -1.31266, in the S44 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ault Hucknall, Bolsover, S44 5NW area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200230C000079
- Council area
- Bolsover
- Police force
- Derbyshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Derbyshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 617
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered 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
- Raining with high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 18 April 2011.
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on the A617 in Bolsover, 18 April 2011
At the same spotRef 201130C000283
Fatal
Citroen DS3 crash on an unclassified road in Bolsover, 27 December 2017
8 m awayRef 2017301702112
Slight
HGV crash on the A617 in Bolsover, 17 July 2002
14 m awayRef 200230C000493
Slight
Volvo crash on an unclassified road in Bolsover, 19 September 2019
15 m awayRef 2019301901347
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the A617 in Bolsover, 13 September 2021
21 m awayRef 2021302101554
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A617 in Bolsover, 6 March 2009
50 m awayRef 200930C000113
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 87 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 87, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 74, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Driver
SlightMale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
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 200230C000079 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bolsover road accident statistics for 2002.