A61 crash in Chesterfield on 30 March 2011 at 20:16 involving a Toyota RAV4
A Toyota RAV4 and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on the A61 in Chesterfield at 20:16 on Wednesday 30 March 2011. The 17-year-old male driver of the Toyota RAV4 and a 17-year-old female passenger in the Renault Clio were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Mar 2011
- Wednesday, 20:16
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota RAV4 and Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.22313, longitude -1.42661, in the S40 postcode district and within the built-up area of Chesterfield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Rother, Chesterfield, S40 2SE area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201130C000228
- 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
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- C
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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 26 December 2006.
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A61 in Chesterfield, 26 December 2006
At the same spotRef 200630C000769
Slight
Mitsubishi Canter crash on the A61 in Chesterfield, 9 January 2003
At the same spotRef 200330C000020
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A61 in Chesterfield, 22 August 2001
At the same spotRef 200130C000566
Slight
Car crash on the A61 in Chesterfield, 1 May 2003
At the same spotRef 200330C000265
Slight
Daewoo Lanos crash on the A61 in Chesterfield, 1 December 2006
At the same spotRef 200630C000706
Slight
Fiat Cinquecento crash on the A61 in Chesterfield, 6 January 2004
At the same spotRef 200430C000007
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota RAV4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota RAV4)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
- 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 201130C000228 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 2011.