{"id":524491,"date":"2026-04-11T03:16:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T03:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/524491\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T03:16:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T03:16:13","slug":"man-dies-after-crash-at-busy-chesterfield-roundabout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/524491\/","title":{"rendered":"Man dies after crash at busy Chesterfield roundabout"},"content":{"rendered":"

A 45-year-old man has died following the collision at Horns Bridge roundabout<\/p>\n

Annette Belcher Live News Content Editor<\/p>\n

19:45, 10 Apr 2026Updated 19:58, 10 Apr 2026<\/p>\n

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A file photo of Horns Bridge roundabout in Chesterfield(Image: Derby Telegraph)<\/p>\n

A man has died following a crash at a major Derbyshire roundabout.<\/p>\n

The collision occurred shortly after 7am on Wednesday, April 1 at Horns Bridge roundabout, in Chesterfield.<\/p>\n

In a statement released on Friday evening (April 10), Derbyshire police said: “A 45-year-old man was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries.<\/p>\n

“This morning, we were updated that the man had died.<\/p>\n

“His family are aware and are being supported by specialist officers.<\/p>\n

“A 51-year-old man who was arrested after also being taken to hospital has been released on police bail while enquiries continue.”<\/p>\n

Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service and police reported at around 8am on April 1 that the A61 southbound in Chesterfield, between Tesco and Hornsbridge, was closed as emergency services respond to an incident<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Horns Bridge leading to the A617 towards the M1 <\/a>was closed, with a “large amount of standing traffic<\/a>” reported.<\/p>\n

The fire service confirmed that two fire engines were in attendance at the road traffic collision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 45-year-old man has died following the collision at Horns Bridge roundabout Annette Belcher Live News Content Editor…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":524492,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[102970,103407,59,57,58,50,981,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-524491","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-kingdom","8":"tag-chesterfield","9":"tag-derbyshire-police","10":"tag-gb","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-greatbritain","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-traffic-and-travel","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom","17":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=524491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524491\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/524492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=524491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=524491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=524491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}