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A61 crash in Chesterfield on 31 December 2015 at 10:42 involving a Ford Galaxy

A Ford Galaxy, a Volkswagen Golf and a Kia Venga were involved in a crash on the A61 in Chesterfield at 10:42 on Thursday 31 December 2015. The female driver of the Kia Venga and an 8-year-old male passenger in the Volkswagen Golf were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Dec 2015
Thursday, 10:42
Vehicles
3
Ford Galaxy and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.22459, longitude -1.42689, 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.

Map of where the crash happened in Chesterfield

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2015300017487
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
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 12 December 2024.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Galaxy

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    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
    Driver sex
    Female
    Engine capacity
    1,390 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 3: Kia Venga

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    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
    Driver sex
    Female
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Kia Venga)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 8, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)

    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 2015300017487 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 2015.