A61 crash in Chesterfield on 28 July 2005 at 17:55 involving an MG ZR
Two cars and an MG ZR were involved in a crash on the A61 in Chesterfield at 17:55 on Thursday 28 July 2005. The 27-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 and a 27-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Jul 2005
- Thursday, 17:55
- Vehicles
- 3
- MG ZR and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.23282, longitude -1.42228, 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.
Map of where the crash happened in Chesterfield
Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.
- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200530C000472
- Council area
- Chesterfield
- Police force
- Derbyshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Derbyshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 61
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, 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, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 27 June 2002.
Serious
Nissan Micra crash on the A61 in Chesterfield, 27 June 2002
10 m awayRef 200230C000437
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A61 in Chesterfield, 16 November 2000
10 m awayRef 200030C000799
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A61 in Chesterfield, 6 July 2009
14 m awayRef 200930C000320
Slight
Peugeot 406 crash on the A61 in Chesterfield, 17 May 2003
20 m awayRef 200330C000293
Slight
Nissan Note crash on the A61 in Chesterfield, 20 January 2023
29 m awayRef 2023302300121
Slight
Peugeot Bipper crash on the A61 in Chesterfield, 26 April 2016
30 m awayRef 2016300019108
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 56 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
Vehicle 3: MG ZR
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- 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 200530C000472 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.