M1 crash in Bolsover on 2 August 2014 at 13:42 involving a Volkswagen Scirocco
A Volkswagen Scirocco and a BMW 1 Series were involved in a crash on the M1 in Bolsover at 13:42 on Saturday 2 August 2014. The 29-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Scirocco was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Aug 2014
- Saturday, 13:42
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Scirocco and BMW 1 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.12869, longitude -1.32907, in the DE55 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Blackwell, Bolsover, DE55 5SJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bolsover
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014300008404
- Council area
- Bolsover
- Police force
- Derbyshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Derbyshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 1
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
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, 28 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 February 2005.
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the M1 in Bolsover, 11 February 2005
28 m awayRef 200530M010020
Slight
Volvo crash on the M1 in Bolsover, 3 April 2013
30 m awayRef 201330M000687
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the M1 in Bolsover, 18 April 2002
30 m awayRef 200230M010052
Slight
DAF Trucks FTG 85CF crash on the M1 in Bolsover, 6 November 2003
36 m awayRef 200330M010155
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the M1 in Bolsover, 10 March 2006
36 m awayRef 200630M010033
Serious
DAF Trucks crash on the M1 in Bolsover, 18 April 2014
61 m awayRef 2014300006505
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Scirocco
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: BMW 1 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Scirocco)
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 2014300008404 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bolsover road accident statistics for 2014.