A61 crash in Chesterfield on 31 May 2003 at 12:10 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A61 in Chesterfield at 12:10 on Saturday 31 May 2003. An 18-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Corsa was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 May 2003
- Saturday, 12:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Ford Escort
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.25116, longitude -1.42293, in the S41 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Whittington Moor, Chesterfield, S41 8LW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Chesterfield
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200330C000325
- Council area
- Chesterfield
- Police force
- Derbyshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Derbyshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 61
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 61
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Footbridge or subway
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 27 July 2001.
Slight
Rover 100 Series crash on the A61 in Chesterfield, 27 July 2001
At the same spotRef 200130C000495
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A61 in Chesterfield, 14 December 2022
6 m awayRef 2022302202147
Slight
Transbus Int crash on the A61 in Chesterfield, 20 November 2018
6 m awayRef 2018301801644
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BMW 5 Series crash on the A61 in Chesterfield, 8 April 2023
7 m awayRef 2023302300566
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Honda CBF 125 crash on the A619 in Chesterfield, 20 October 2025
8 m awayRef 2025302501788
Slight
Honda crash on the A61 in Chesterfield, 24 August 1999
10 m awayRef 199930C000604
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 973 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 36 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,297 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 200330C000325 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.