Serious A617 crash in Chesterfield on 13 February 2002 at 12:30 involving an Iveco-Ford lorry
An Iveco-Ford lorry and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on the A617 in Chesterfield at 12:30 on Wednesday 13 February 2002. The 21-year-old female driver of the Renault Clio and a female passenger in the Renault Clio were seriously injured and a 20-year-old female passenger in the Renault Clio was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 13 Feb 2002
- Wednesday, 12:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Iveco-Ford and Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 3
- 2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.22975, longitude -1.41963, in the S41 postcode district and within the built-up area of Chesterfield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Rother, Chesterfield, S40 2SE area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200230C000116
- Council area
- Chesterfield
- 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
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 6039
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 18 March 2009.
Slight
Suzuki GSXR 600 crash on the A617 in Chesterfield, 18 March 2009
At the same spotRef 200930C000133
Slight
Rover 25 crash on the B6039 in Chesterfield, 27 May 2004
At the same spotRef 200430C000350
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the B6039 in Chesterfield, 9 February 2002
10 m awayRef 200230C000111
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A617 in Chesterfield, 13 January 2004
14 m awayRef 200430C000020
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the A617 in Chesterfield, 18 August 2006
14 m awayRef 200630C000467
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A617 in Chesterfield, 22 October 2011
14 m awayRef 201130C000795
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Iveco-Ford
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,171 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 18 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SeriousFemale, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
- 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 200230C000116 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Chesterfield road accident statistics for 2002.