Serious A628 crash in High Peak on 8 September 2004 at 19:48 involving a Renault Laguna
A Renault Laguna, a Vauxhall Astra and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A628 in High Peak at 19:48 on Wednesday 8 September 2004. The 31-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra and the 34-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta were seriously injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 8 Sep 2004
- Wednesday, 19:48
- Vehicles
- 3
- Renault Laguna and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.49455, longitude -1.79979, in the SK13 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in High Peak
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200430B000451
- 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
- 628
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- Dark, no street lighting
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 28 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 December 1995.
Slight
Ford Granada crash on the A628 in High Peak, 31 December 1995
28 m awayRef 1995305B00771
Fatal
BMW 3 Series crash on the A628 in High Peak, 25 August 1998
28 m awayRef 1998308B00559
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A628 in High Peak, 8 September 1993
28 m awayRef 1993303B00219
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A628 in High Peak, 22 April 1998
28 m awayRef 1998308B00216
Serious
Car crash on the A628 in High Peak, 27 August 1981
28 m awayRef 1981301B01382
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A628 in High Peak, 11 September 1993
28 m awayRef 1993303B00230
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Renault Laguna
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,783 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Fiesta)
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 200430B000451 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 2004.