Serious B6543 crash in Chesterfield on 2 April 2005 at 21:15 involving a Peugeot 306
A Peugeot 306 and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B6543 in Chesterfield at 21:15 on Saturday 2 April 2005. The 17-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 2 Apr 2005
- Saturday, 21:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 306 and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.23526, longitude -1.42435, in the S41 postcode district and within the built-up area of Chesterfield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Spire, Chesterfield, S40 1QX area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200530C000195
- Council area
- Chesterfield
- Police force
- Derbyshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Derbyshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6543
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 February 2001.
Slight
Ford Puma crash on a C road in Chesterfield, 5 February 2001
At the same spotRef 200130C000087
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Slight
Ford Transit Custom crash on the B6543 in Chesterfield, 7 January 2023
8 m awayRef 2023302300034
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B6543 in Chesterfield, 5 February 2022
8 m awayRef 2022302200218
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the B6543 in Chesterfield, 18 December 2004
10 m awayRef 200430C000837
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B6543 in Chesterfield, 5 July 2008
10 m awayRef 200830C000400
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 306
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,905 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 17, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
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 200530C000195 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 2005.