Skip to main content
CrashStats

A6 crash in High Peak on 11 December 2003 at 13:10 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra, a MAN lorry and a Peugeot 406 were involved in a crash on the A6 in High Peak at 13:10 on Thursday 11 December 2003. The 63-year-old male driver of the MAN lorry and the 61-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Dec 2003
Thursday, 13:10
Vehicles
3
Vauxhall Astra and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.34766, longitude -1.98825, in the SK23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Furness Vale. It is one of the crashes that make up the Whaley Bridge, High Peak, SK23 7QN area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in High Peak

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200330B000674
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
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 31 July 2006.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    61 years
    Engine capacity
    1,389 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 2: MAN

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    63 years
    Engine capacity
    11,973 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    21 years

  • Vehicle 3: Peugeot 406

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 63, goods vehicle occupant (7.5 tonnes and over), in vehicle 2 (MAN)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

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 200330B000674 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.