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Serious A621 crash in the Derbyshire Dales on 23 June 2020 at 15:45 involving a motorcycle

Two motorcycles were involved in a crash on the A621 in the Derbyshire Dales at 15:45 on Tuesday 23 June 2020. The 84-year-old male rider of vehicle 1 and the 65-year-old male rider of vehicle 2 were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Jun 2020
Tuesday, 15:45
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and another
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.26224, longitude -1.58452, in the DE45 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chatsworth, Derbyshire Dales, DE45 1PQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in the Derbyshire Dales

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2020302000722
Council area
Derbyshire Dales
Police force
Derbyshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
621
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 27 May 2019.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    84 years
    Engine capacity
    300 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    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
    65 years
    Engine capacity
    1,050 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 84, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 65, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% 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 2020302000722 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Derbyshire Dales road accident statistics for 2020.