Serious B6543 crash in Chesterfield on 19 November 2022 at 00:05 involving a Vauxhall Zafira
A Vauxhall Zafira hit a pedestrian on the B6543 in Chesterfield at 00:05 on Saturday 19 November 2022. A 54-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 19 Nov 2022
- Saturday, 00:05
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Zafira
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.23737, longitude -1.42528, in the S41 postcode district and within the built-up area of Chesterfield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Spire, Chesterfield, S40 1QX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Chesterfield
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022302201952
- Council area
- Chesterfield
- Police force
- Derbyshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Derbyshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6543
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 6543
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 6 September 2020.
Slight
Car crash on the B6543 in Chesterfield, 6 September 2020
1 m awayRef 2020302000977
Slight
Yamaha XC 125 crash on the B6543 in Chesterfield, 21 July 2019
7 m awayRef 2019301901033
Slight
Chrysler Neon crash on the B6543 in Chesterfield, 10 January 2006
7 m awayRef 200630C000011
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B6543 in Chesterfield, 7 January 2013
7 m awayRef 201330C000029
Slight
Suzuki crash on the B6543 in Chesterfield, 30 September 2013
14 m awayRef 2013300002775
Slight
Car crash on the B6543 in Chesterfield, 8 October 1999
14 m awayRef 199930C000731
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Zafira
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 54, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Zafira)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most 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 2022302201952 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 2022.