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Serious A5012 crash in the Derbyshire Dales on 3 April 2025 at 09:58 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf and a Ssangyong Musso goods vehicle were involved in a crash on the A5012 in the Derbyshire Dales at 09:58 on Thursday 3 April 2025. The 68-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Golf and the 66-year-old female driver of the Ssangyong Musso goods vehicle were 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
3 Apr 2025
Thursday, 09:58
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Golf and Ssangyong Musso
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.11154, longitude -1.56951, in the DE4 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cromford & Matlock Bath, Derbyshire Dales, DE4 5JH 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
2025302500528
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
5012
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

Serious injury band
Moderately 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, 25 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 23 July 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    South 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
    68 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    10 to 20 km

  • Vehicle 2: Ssangyong Musso

    Goods vehicle, weight unknown

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    66 years
    Engine capacity
    2,157 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 68, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)

    Serious injury band
    Moderately serious
    Home area deprivation
    10% least deprived
    Distance from home
    10 to 20 km

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 66, goods vehicle occupant (weight unknown), in vehicle 2 (Ssangyong Musso)

    Serious injury band
    Moderately serious

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 2025302500528 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 2025.