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Serious C road crash in Erewash DE72 on 25 July 1986 at 21:58 involving a motor scooter

Two motor scooters were involved in a crash on a C road in Erewash at 21:58 on Friday 25 July 1986. The 18-year-old female rider of vehicle 1 was seriously injured and the 17-year-old female rider of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
25 Jul 1986
Friday, 21:58
Vehicles
2
Motor scooter and another
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.90991, longitude -1.3799, in the DE72 postcode district and within the built-up area of Borrowash.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1986306A00434
Council area
Erewash
Police force
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
C
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
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry
Special conditions at the site
Road surface defective
Carriageway hazards
Poor or defective road surface

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 August 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motor scooter

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    18 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motor scooter

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

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Female, aged 18, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 1 (Motor scooter)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Slight

    Female, aged 17, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 2 (Motor scooter)

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 1986306A00434 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 1986.