Serious A517 crash in Amber Valley on 17 June 2023 at 19:00 involving an Aprilia SX 125 motorcycle
An Aprilia SX 125 motorcycle and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the A517 in Amber Valley at 19:00 on Saturday 17 June 2023. The 20-year-old male rider of the Aprilia SX 125 motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 17 Jun 2023
- Saturday, 19:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Aprilia SX 125 and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.021, longitude -1.52655, in the DE56 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Amber Valley
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023302300912
- Council area
- Amber Valley
- Police force
- Derbyshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Derbyshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 517
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 January 2004.
Slight
Volvo 940 crash on the A517 in Amber Valley, 28 January 2004
14 m awayRef 200430A000050
Slight
Car crash on the A517 in Amber Valley, 22 May 1983
47 m awayRef 1983303A00913
Slight
Suzuki crash on the A517 in Amber Valley, 19 June 1994
47 m awayRef 1994304A00224
Slight
Car crash on the A517 in Amber Valley, 3 October 1979
47 m awayRef 1979309A01629
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on a C road in Amber Valley, 10 February 1999
59 m awayRef 1999309A00090
Serious
Van crash on the A517 in Amber Valley, 13 January 1983
59 m awayRef 1983303A00070
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Aprilia SX 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- North 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
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- 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
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,229 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 20, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Aprilia SX 125)
- 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 2023302300912 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 2023.