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Unclassified road crash in Erewash DE7 on 31 January 1983 at 00:30 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Erewash at 00:30 on Monday 31 January 1983. The 35-year-old male driver of vehicle 2, a male passenger in vehicle 1 and a 30-year-old male passenger in vehicle 1 were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Jan 1983
Monday, 00:30
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.97517, longitude -1.31344, in the DE7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ilkeston.

Map of where the crash happened in Erewash

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1983303A00175
Council area
Erewash
Police force
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
6007

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 December 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 1983303A00175 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 1983.