A619 crash in Chesterfield on 6 February 2008 at 17:25 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
Two cars, a Vauxhall Corsa and a Renault Laguna were involved in a crash on the A619 in Chesterfield at 17:25 on Wednesday 6 February 2008. The 60-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Corsa, a 59-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Corsa and a 37-year-old female passenger in the Renault Laguna were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Feb 2008
- Wednesday, 17:25
- Vehicles
- 4
- Vauxhall Corsa and 3 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.25213, longitude -1.41827, in the S41 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Whittington Moor, Chesterfield, S41 7GH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Chesterfield
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200830C000083
- 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
- 619
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 May 2025.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A619 in Chesterfield, 21 May 2025
4 m awayRef 2025302501123
Slight
Lexus IS220 crash on the A619 in Chesterfield, 22 March 2010
22 m awayRef 201030C000145
Serious
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Chesterfield, 20 February 1988
51 m awayRef 1988308C00107
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A619 in Chesterfield, 21 July 1991
51 m awayRef 1991301C00487
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Chesterfield, 21 April 1986
51 m awayRef 1986306C00192
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A619 in Chesterfield, 12 November 1997
51 m awayRef 1997307C00803
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- 41 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 4: Renault Laguna
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,870 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Vauxhall Corsa)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Renault Laguna)
- 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 200830C000083 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.