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A52 crash in Derby on 3 February 1979 at 03:15 involving a car

Two cars and another vehicle were involved in a crash on the A52 in Derby at 03:15 on Saturday 3 February 1979. A 65-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Feb 1979
Saturday, 03:15
Vehicles
3
Car and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.9237, longitude -1.44069, in the DE21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Derby.

Map of where the crash happened in Derby

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979309D00368
Council area
Derby
Police force
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
52
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 6 August 1993.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    66 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years

  • Vehicle 3: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 1979309D00368 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Derby road accident statistics for 1979.