Serious A6 crash in the Derbyshire Dales on 16 September 2007 at 10:39 involving a Peugeot 306
A Peugeot 306 and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A6 in the Derbyshire Dales at 10:39 on Sunday 16 September 2007. The 52-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 16 Sep 2007
- Sunday, 10:39
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 306 and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.10908, longitude -1.55899, in the DE4 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cromford & Matlock Bath, Derbyshire Dales, DE4 5JH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in the Derbyshire Dales
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200730B000508
- Council area
- Derbyshire Dales
- Police force
- Derbyshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Derbyshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 6
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 5012
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, 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 6 November 2006.
Slight
Vauxhall Combo crash on the A6 in the Derbyshire Dales, 6 November 2006
At the same spotRef 200630B000521
Serious
Mercedes C Class crash on the A6 in the Derbyshire Dales, 26 September 2015
At the same spotRef 2015300015988
Slight
Saab 9-3 crash on the A6 in the Derbyshire Dales, 1 November 2001
At the same spotRef 200130B000619
Serious
Yamaha YZF R1 crash on the A6 in the Derbyshire Dales, 26 August 2007
At the same spotRef 200730B000470
Serious
Mercedes C Class crash on the A6 in the Derbyshire Dales, 9 August 2014
At the same spotRef 2014300008569
Slight
Peugeot 2008 crash on the A6 in the Derbyshire Dales, 2 November 2025
1 m awayRef 2025302501694
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 306
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- 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
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,905 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- 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
- 52 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SeriousMale, aged 52, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 200730B000508 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 2007.