A6 crash in High Peak on 12 July 2018 at 12:25 involving a Suzuki motorcycle
A Suzuki motorcycle, a car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A6 in High Peak at 12:25 on Thursday 12 July 2018. The 20-year-old male rider of the Suzuki motorcycle and a 27-year-old female passenger on the Suzuki motorcycle were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Jul 2018
- Thursday, 12:25
- Vehicles
- 3
- Suzuki and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.24633, longitude -1.87083, in the SK17 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in High Peak
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018301801003
- Council area
- High Peak
- Police force
- Derbyshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Derbyshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 6
- 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
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 17%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 83%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 July 2020.
Slight
Kawasaki ZX1000 crash on the A6 in High Peak, 12 July 2020
2 m awayRef 2020302000819
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A6 in High Peak, 5 August 1999
3 m awayRef 199930B000454
Serious
Nissan Micra crash on the A6 in High Peak, 10 December 2016
7 m awayRef 2016301600812
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A6 in High Peak, 3 June 2001
7 m awayRef 200130B000307
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A6 in High Peak, 31 May 2004
13 m awayRef 200430B000258
Serious
Honda crash on the A6 in High Peak, 18 July 1999
17 m awayRef 199930B000399
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 600 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 23 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 20 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 600 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 20, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 27, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki)
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 2018301801003 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the High Peak road accident statistics for 2018.