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Unclassified road crash in Erewash DE7 on 26 August 1989 at 11:55 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Erewash at 11:55 on Saturday 26 August 1989. A 79-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 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
Slight
Date
26 Aug 1989
Saturday, 11:55
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.96884, longitude -1.30758, 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
1989309A00550
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
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 9 May 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Open door of vehicle
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    55 years
    Engine capacity
    1,256 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    2,496 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 79, 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 1989309A00550 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 1989.