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A61 crash in Chesterfield on 14 January 2008 at 16:00 involving a Piaggio PX125 motorcycle

A Piaggio PX125 motorcycle and a Peugeot 406 were involved in a crash on the A61 in Chesterfield at 16:00 on Monday 14 January 2008. The 36-year-old male rider of the Piaggio PX125 motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Jan 2008
Monday, 16:00
Vehicles
2
Piaggio PX125 and Peugeot 406
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.26081, longitude -1.4285, in the S41 postcode district and within the built-up area of Chesterfield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Whittington Moor, Chesterfield, S41 8LW area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Chesterfield

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200830C000034
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
Roundabout
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
6050

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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
5%
Estimated chance it was slight
95%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 9 April 2015.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Piaggio PX125

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Leaving roundabout
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 406

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Leaving roundabout
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 36, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Piaggio PX125)

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 200830C000034 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 2008.