A515 crash in the Derbyshire Dales on 15 March 2004 at 10:30 involving a Volkswagen LT 35 van
Four vehicles, including a Volkswagen LT 35 van and a car, were involved in a crash on the A515 in the Derbyshire Dales at 10:30 on Monday 15 March 2004. The 35-year-old male driver of the car, a 34-year-old female passenger in the car and the 73-year-old female driver of the Toyota Corolla were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Mar 2004
- Monday, 10:30
- Vehicles
- 4
- Volkswagen LT 35 and 3 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.01413, longitude -1.73152, in the DE6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ashbourne. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ashbourne South, Derbyshire Dales, DE6 1RT 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
- 200430B000119
- 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
- 515
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 10 December 2012.
Slight
Toyota Auris crash on the A517 in the Derbyshire Dales, 10 December 2012
At the same spotRef 201230B002557
Slight
Honda Jazz crash on a C road in the Derbyshire Dales, 11 July 2025
5 m awayRef 2025302501151
Serious
Ford KA crash on the A517 in the Derbyshire Dales, 10 July 2016
9 m awayRef 2016301600232
Slight
Nissan Primera crash on an unclassified road in the Derbyshire Dales, 23 March 2003
10 m awayRef 200330B000188
Slight
Rover Metro crash on the A517 in the Derbyshire Dales, 4 August 2000
10 m awayRef 200030B000459
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A517 in the Derbyshire Dales, 15 March 2001
10 m awayRef 200130B000138
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen LT 35
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
Vehicle 3: Toyota Corolla
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 73 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,331 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 4: Iveco
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,800 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 73, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Toyota Corolla)
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 200430B000119 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 2004.