Serious A624 crash in High Peak on 9 March 2003 at 09:34 involving a Seat Ibiza
Four vehicles, including a car and a Seat Ibiza, were involved in a crash on the A624 in High Peak at 09:34 on Sunday 9 March 2003. There were five casualties: two people were seriously injured and three were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 9 Mar 2003
- Sunday, 09:34
- Vehicles
- 4
- Seat Ibiza and 3 others
- Casualties
- 5
- 2 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.41066, longitude -1.95153, in the SK22 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in High Peak
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200330B000127
- Council area
- High Peak
- Police force
- Derbyshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Derbyshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 624
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 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
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 January 2000.
Slight
Volvo 340 crash on the A624 in High Peak, 20 January 2000
14 m awayRef 200030B000039
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A624 in High Peak, 20 November 2004
22 m awayRef 200430B000591
Slight
Car crash on the A624 in High Peak, 17 December 1985
36 m awayRef 1985305B00620
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A624 in High Peak, 8 October 2021
45 m awayRef 2021302101668
Serious
Audi S4 crash on the A624 in High Peak, 9 October 2007
51 m awayRef 200730B000539
Slight
Renault Laguna crash on the A624 in High Peak, 7 May 2000
51 m awayRef 200030B000272
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
Vehicle 2: Seat Ibiza
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South West
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,391 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 3: Lorry
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
Vehicle 4: Honda
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 748 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Seat Ibiza)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 96, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Seat Ibiza)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 4: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 52, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 4 (Honda)
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 53, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 4 (Honda)
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 200330B000127 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the High Peak road accident statistics for 2003.