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Serious A608 crash in Amber Valley on 6 February 2003 at 17:30 involving a Gilera Cougar motorcycle

A Gilera Cougar motorcycle and an Audi A4 were involved in a crash on the A608 in Amber Valley at 17:30 on Thursday 6 February 2003. The 19-year-old male rider of the Gilera Cougar motorcycle was seriously injured and the 51-year-old male driver of the Audi A4 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
6 Feb 2003
Thursday, 17:30
Vehicles
2
Gilera Cougar and Audi A4
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.9821, longitude -1.4015, in the DE7 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Smalley, Shipley & Horsley Woodhouse, Amber Valley, DE7 6DG area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200330A000073
Council area
Amber Valley
Police force
Derbyshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
608
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
609

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 26 September 2007.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Gilera Cougar

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Audi A4

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A4)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 19, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Gilera Cougar)

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 200330A000073 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Amber Valley road accident statistics for 2003.