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Serious A52 crash in Amber Valley on 15 February 1982 at 07:20 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A52 in Amber Valley at 07:20 on Monday 15 February 1982. The 21-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 was seriously injured and the 56-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Feb 1982
Monday, 07:20
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.95034, longitude -1.57876, in the DE6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Amber Valley

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1982302A00261
Council area
Amber Valley
Police force
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
52
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 30 July 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    56 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    21 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 1982302A00261 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Amber Valley road accident statistics for 1982.