B6179 crash in Amber Valley on 20 December 2016 at 18:15 involving a Chevrolet Spark
A motorcycle and a Chevrolet Spark were involved in a crash on the B6179 in Amber Valley at 18:15 on Tuesday 20 December 2016. The 20-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Dec 2016
- Tuesday, 18:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Chevrolet Spark
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.05278, longitude -1.40524, in the DE5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ripley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ripley, Amber Valley, DE5 3SG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Amber Valley
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016301700469
- Council area
- Amber Valley
- Police force
- Derbyshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Derbyshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6179
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- 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
- Dark, lighting unknown
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 November 2023.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B6179 in Amber Valley, 23 November 2023
9 m awayRef 2023302301803
Slight
Piaggio Xevo crash on the B6179 in Amber Valley, 7 February 2013
10 m awayRef 201330C000225
Slight
Piaggio Typhoon crash on the B6179 in Amber Valley, 17 January 2014
17 m awayRef 2014300004878
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B6179 in Amber Valley, 28 July 2025
18 m awayRef 2025302501173
Serious
Scania crash on the B6179 in Amber Valley, 1 April 2004
19 m awayRef 200430A000189
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the B6179 in Amber Valley, 1 December 2003
22 m awayRef 200330A000737
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 49 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Chevrolet Spark
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 20, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
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 2016301700469 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Amber Valley road accident statistics for 2016.