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A61 crash in Chesterfield on 20 March 2012 at 17:15 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a Citroen C3 were involved in a crash on the A61 in Chesterfield at 17:15 on Tuesday 20 March 2012. The 62-year-old female driver of the Citroen C3 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Mar 2012
Tuesday, 17:15
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Citroen C3
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.25143, longitude -1.42233, in the S41 postcode district. 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
201230C000780
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
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
619

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
Estimated chance it was serious
1%
Estimated chance it was slight
99%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 September 2012.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to left
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,388 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen C3

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    62 years
    Engine capacity
    1,360 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen C3)

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 201230C000780 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 2012.