A61 crash in North East Derbyshire on 20 February 2002 at 06:45 involving a Honda X8R motorcycle
A Honda X8R motorcycle and a Toyota Corolla were involved in a crash on the A61 in North East Derbyshire at 06:45 on Wednesday 20 February 2002. The 17-year-old male rider of the Honda X8R motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark in rain and high winds on a wet roundabout with a 60 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Feb 2002
- Wednesday, 06:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda X8R and Toyota Corolla
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.18354, longitude -1.4186, in the S42 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Tupton, North East Derbyshire, S42 6YD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in North East Derbyshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200230C000135
- Council area
- North East Derbyshire
- Police force
- Derbyshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Derbyshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 61
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, lighting unknown
- Weather
- Raining with high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 April 2010.
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A61 in North East Derbyshire, 28 April 2010
10 m awayRef 201030C000226
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A61 in North East Derbyshire, 15 April 2002
10 m awayRef 200230C000266
Slight
Toyota C-HR crash on the A61 in North East Derbyshire, 24 July 2025
15 m awayRef 2025302501441
Serious
Rover 75 crash on the A61 in North East Derbyshire, 9 November 2022
22 m awayRef 2022302201894
Slight
Rover 75 crash on the A61 in North East Derbyshire, 5 November 2014
28 m awayRef 2014300010232
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A61 in North East Derbyshire, 20 January 2021
29 m awayRef 2021302100071
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda X8R
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Corolla
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 17, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda X8R)
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 200230C000135 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North East Derbyshire road accident statistics for 2002.