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Serious B5470 crash in High Peak on 24 September 2025 at 10:25 involving a Vauxhall Insignia

A Vauxhall Insignia and a Mercedes A Class were involved in a crash on the B5470 in High Peak at 10:25 on Wednesday 24 September 2025. The 40-year-old male driver of the Mercedes A Class was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
24 Sep 2025
Wednesday, 10:25
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Insignia and Mercedes A Class
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.32469, longitude -1.90536, in the SK23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Chapel-en-le-Frith. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chapel West, High Peak, SK23 0JY area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in High Peak

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025302501467
Council area
High Peak
Police force
Derbyshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5470
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Very 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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 April 2014.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Insignia

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    62 years
    Engine capacity
    1,956 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes A Class

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    2,143 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes A Class)

    Serious injury band
    Very serious
    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% 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 2025302501467 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.