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A6 crash in High Peak on 25 May 2003 at 16:50 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort, a Volkswagen Bora and a Hyundai Coupe were involved in a crash on the A6 in High Peak at 16:50 on Sunday 25 May 2003. A 35-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Bora, a 10-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Bora and the 33-year-old female driver of the Hyundai Coupe were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 May 2003
Sunday, 16:50
Vehicles
3
Ford Escort and 2 others
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.26052, longitude -1.90552, in the SK17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Buxton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Buxton Central, High Peak, SK17 6QW area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in High Peak

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200330B000285
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
6
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 6 June 2009.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Bora

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 3: Hyundai Coupe

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,975 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Bora)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Bora)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Hyundai Coupe)

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 200330B000285 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.