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Fatal unclassified road crash in Chesterfield S43 on 24 March 2003 at 19:55 involving a Vauxhall Vectra

A Vauxhall Vectra and a Honda VFR400R motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Chesterfield at 19:55 on Monday 24 March 2003. The 21-year-old male rider of the Honda VFR400R motorcycle was killed and the 34-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Vectra was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Fatal
Date
24 Mar 2003
Monday, 19:55
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Vectra and Honda VFR400R
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.26344, longitude -1.38019, in the S43 postcode district and within the built-up area of Staveley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Staveley Central, Chesterfield, S43 3JD area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Chesterfield

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200330C000185
Council area
Chesterfield
Police force
Derbyshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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 13 February 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vectra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda VFR400R

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    399 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Vectra)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 21, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Honda VFR400R)

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 200330C000185 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Chesterfield road accident statistics for 2003.