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Serious A53 crash in High Peak on 7 January 2025 at 18:05 involving a Hyundai i20

A Hyundai i20 and a Volkswagen Passat were involved in a crash on the A53 in High Peak at 18:05 on Tuesday 7 January 2025. The 21-year-old male driver of the Hyundai i20 was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in snow on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
7 Jan 2025
Tuesday, 18:05
Vehicles
2
Hyundai i20 and Volkswagen Passat
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.25774, longitude -1.92131, in the SK17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Buxton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Temple, High Peak, SK17 6HQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in High Peak

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025302500036
Council area
High Peak
Police force
Derbyshire
Police attended the scene
No, reported using a self completion form
Highway authority
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
53
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Less serious
How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
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 20 June 2025.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Hyundai i20

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Passat

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Hyundai i20)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived
    Distance from home
    Within 5 km

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 2025302500036 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 2025.