Fatal B6425 crash in North East Derbyshire on 21 March 2012 at 16:35 involving a Suzuki GSF 600 motorcycle
A Suzuki GSF 600 motorcycle, a van and a Kia Picanto were involved in a crash on the B6425 in North East Derbyshire at 16:35 on Wednesday 21 March 2012. The 19-year-old male rider of the Suzuki GSF 600 motorcycle was killed.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 21 Mar 2012
- Wednesday, 16:35
- Vehicles
- 3
- Suzuki GSF 600 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 killed
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.22481, longitude -1.36742, in the S44 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sutton, North East Derbyshire, S44 5DN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in North East Derbyshire
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201230C000457
- Council area
- North East Derbyshire
- Police force
- Derbyshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Derbyshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6425
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 67 metres away, was a fatal crash on 19 April 1994.
Fatal
Suzuki crash on the B6425 in North East Derbyshire, 19 April 1994
67 m awayRef 1994304C00249
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the B6425 in North East Derbyshire, 28 January 2005
110 m awayRef 200530C000060
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the B6425 in North East Derbyshire, 14 July 2004
120 m awayRef 200430C000437
Fatal
Ford Sierra crash on the B6425 in North East Derbyshire, 6 July 1997
143 m awayRef 1997307C00429
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the B6425 in North East Derbyshire, 18 March 2024
159 m awayRef 2024302400386
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B6425 in North East Derbyshire, 17 November 2003
175 m awayRef 200330C000745
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki GSF 600
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 599 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
Vehicle 3: Kia Picanto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 76 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,086 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
FatalMale, aged 19, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki GSF 600)
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 201230C000457 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North East Derbyshire road accident statistics for 2012.