A6 crash in the Derbyshire Dales on 14 March 2008 at 23:25 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a car were involved in a crash on the A6 in the Derbyshire Dales at 23:25 on Friday 14 March 2008. The 51-year-old male driver of the car and a female passenger in the car were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Mar 2008
- Friday, 23:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.12464, longitude -1.55912, in the DE4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Matlock Bath. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cromford & Matlock Bath, Derbyshire Dales, DE4 3PT 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
- 200830B000112
- 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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 15 September 2012.
Serious
Peugeot 307 crash on the A6 in the Derbyshire Dales, 15 September 2012
10 m awayRef 201230B001913
Slight
Car crash on the A6 in the Derbyshire Dales, 21 April 2002
36 m awayRef 200230B000206
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on the A6 in the Derbyshire Dales, 17 November 2025
42 m awayRef 2025302501768
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the A6 in the Derbyshire Dales, 30 June 1999
45 m awayRef 199930B000356
Slight
Van crash on the A6 in the Derbyshire Dales, 2 June 2011
58 m awayRef 201130B000165
Slight
Citroen DS3 crash on the A6 in the Derbyshire Dales, 25 June 2017
80 m awayRef 2017301701110
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside and rebounded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 200830B000112 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 2008.