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A6 crash in the Derbyshire Dales on 29 June 2003 at 14:00 involving a Volkswagen Beetle

A Volkswagen Beetle and a Honda CBR600F motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A6 in the Derbyshire Dales at 14:00 on Sunday 29 June 2003. The 35-year-old male rider of the Honda CBR600F motorcycle was 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
29 Jun 2003
Sunday, 14:00
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Beetle and Honda CBR600F
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.11827, longitude -1.56203, in the DE4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Matlock Bath. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cromford & Matlock Bath, Derbyshire Dales, DE4 5JH area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in the Derbyshire Dales

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200330B000367
Council area
Derbyshire Dales
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
Rural
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 28 August 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Beetle

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,500 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Honda CBR600F

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    599 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Honda CBR600F)

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 200330B000367 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Derbyshire Dales road accident statistics for 2003.