A53 crash in High Peak on 12 May 2005 at 10:15 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A53 in High Peak at 10:15 on Thursday 12 May 2005. The 73-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra and a 69-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Astra were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 May 2005
- Thursday, 10:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Megane and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.25739, longitude -1.92442, in the SK17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Buxton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Temple, High Peak, SK17 6HQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in High Peak
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200530B000192
- 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
- 53
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 October 1999.
Slight
Vauxhall Combo crash on the A53 in High Peak, 21 October 1999
10 m awayRef 199930B000645
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the A53 in High Peak, 15 July 2004
10 m awayRef 200430B000350
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A53 in High Peak, 23 December 2011
20 m awayRef 201130B000424
Slight
Vauxhall Senator crash on the A53 in High Peak, 27 June 1992
45 m awayRef 1992302B00156
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A53 in High Peak, 18 June 2002
85 m awayRef 200230B000333
Slight
Car crash on the A53 in High Peak, 28 April 1983
89 m awayRef 1983303B00672
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 73 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 73, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
- 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 200530B000192 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 2005.