B5023 crash in the Derbyshire Dales on 4 April 2012 at 14:07 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a car were involved in a crash on the B5023 in the Derbyshire Dales at 14:07 on Wednesday 4 April 2012. The 30-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa and a 29-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Corsa were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in snow on a single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Apr 2012
- Wednesday, 14:07
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.08262, longitude -1.57374, in the DE4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wirksworth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wirksworth, Derbyshire Dales, DE4 4DU 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
- 201230B001925
- Council area
- Derbyshire Dales
- Police force
- Derbyshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Derbyshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5023
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 5035
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Snowing, no high winds
- Road surface
- Snow
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 December 1999.
Slight
Ford Granada crash on the B5023 in the Derbyshire Dales, 3 December 1999
10 m awayRef 199930B000755
Serious
Skoda Yeti crash on the B5035 in the Derbyshire Dales, 1 August 2022
20 m awayRef 2022302201303
Fatal
Land Rover 90 crash on an unclassified road in the Derbyshire Dales, 26 February 2009
22 m awayRef 200930B000083
Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on the B5023 in the Derbyshire Dales, 8 September 2025
22 m awayRef 2025302501371
Slight
Nissan Qashqai crash on the B5023 in the Derbyshire Dales, 27 August 2019
27 m awayRef 2019301901196
Serious
Suzuki Swift crash on the B5023 in the Derbyshire Dales, 17 December 2011
30 m awayRef 201130B000421
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Reversing
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- 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 201230B001925 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 2012.