A6 crash in the Derbyshire Dales on 21 June 2020 at 17:35 involving a car
A car and five bicycles were involved in a crash on the A6 in the Derbyshire Dales at 17:35 on Sunday 21 June 2020. All five casualties 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
- 21 Jun 2020
- Sunday, 17:35
- Vehicles
- 6
- Car and 5 others
- Casualties
- 5
- 5 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.18891, longitude -1.61308, in the DE4 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chatsworth, Derbyshire Dales, DE4 2EL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in the Derbyshire Dales
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020302000766
- Council area
- Derbyshire Dales
- Police force
- Derbyshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- 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
- 25%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 75%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 August 2005.
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A6 in the Derbyshire Dales, 12 August 2005
5 m awayRef 200530B000404
Slight
Car crash on the A6 in the Derbyshire Dales, 30 May 1985
57 m awayRef 1985305B00250
Slight
Car crash on the A6 in the Derbyshire Dales, 30 June 1985
57 m awayRef 1985305B00319
Slight
Car crash on the A6 in the Derbyshire Dales, 22 April 1979
57 m awayRef 1979309B00555
Slight
Car crash on the A6 in the Derbyshire Dales, 27 November 1981
57 m awayRef 1981301B01949
Serious
Car crash on the A6 in the Derbyshire Dales, 4 September 1979
57 m awayRef 1979309B01255
Vehicles involved (6)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
Vehicle 3: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
Vehicle 4: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 5: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
Vehicle 6: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 35, on vehicle 4 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Cyclist
SlightMale, on vehicle 3 (Bicycle)
Casualty 3: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 39, on vehicle 6 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 4: Cyclist
SlightMale, on vehicle 5 (Bicycle)
Casualty 5: Cyclist
SlightMale, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 2020302000766 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.