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Serious B6002 crash in Erewash on 17 May 1980 at 19:00 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the B6002 in Erewash at 19:00 on Saturday 17 May 1980. A 19-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured and a 10-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
17 May 1980
Saturday, 19:00
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.89323, longitude -1.29095, in the NG10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Long Eaton.

Map of where the crash happened in Erewash

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1980300A00839
Council area
Erewash
Police force
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6002
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 March 1988.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 19, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 1980300A00839 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Erewash road accident statistics for 1980.