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B5023 crash in the Derbyshire Dales on 28 December 2005 at 11:58 involving a Land Rover Discovery

A Land Rover Discovery and a Suzuki Supercarry were involved in a crash on the B5023 in the Derbyshire Dales at 11:58 on Wednesday 28 December 2005. The 40-year-old male driver of the Land Rover Discovery and the 37-year-old female driver of the Suzuki Supercarry were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in snow on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Dec 2005
Wednesday, 11:58
Vehicles
2
Land Rover Discovery and Suzuki Supercarry
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.07553, longitude -1.57605, in the DE4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wirksworth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wirksworth, Derbyshire Dales, DE4 4DU 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
200530B000679
Council area
Derbyshire Dales
Police force
Derbyshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5023
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

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, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 December 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Land Rover Discovery

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    2,495 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Suzuki Supercarry

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    37 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Discovery)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Suzuki Supercarry)

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 200530B000679 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 2005.