A615 crash in North East Derbyshire on 17 March 2002 at 17:05 involving a BMW 3 Series
A BMW 3 Series and a Subaru Impreza were involved in a crash on the A615 in North East Derbyshire at 17:05 on Sunday 17 March 2002. The 61-year-old male driver of the Subaru Impreza, a 60-year-old female passenger in the Subaru Impreza and a 63-year-old female passenger in the Subaru Impreza were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Mar 2002
- Sunday, 17:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 3 Series and Subaru Impreza
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.12233, longitude -1.45783, in the DE55 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North East Derbyshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200230C000257
- 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
- 615
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 January 2000.
Slight
Subaru Impreza crash on the A615 in North East Derbyshire, 24 January 2000
14 m awayRef 200030C000060
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A615 in North East Derbyshire, 21 July 1991
81 m awayRef 1991301C00490
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A615 in North East Derbyshire, 6 October 2001
82 m awayRef 200130C000682
Serious
Volkswagen Caddy crash on the A615 in North East Derbyshire, 8 March 2025
83 m awayRef 2025302500596
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the A615 in North East Derbyshire, 15 April 2017
90 m awayRef 2017301700687
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A615 in North East Derbyshire, 26 August 2011
104 m awayRef 201130C000623
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,494 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Subaru Impreza
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,994 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Subaru Impreza)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Subaru Impreza)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Subaru Impreza)
- 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 200230C000257 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.