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Serious A516 crash in South Derbyshire on 8 July 1990 at 22:20 involving an MG Metro

An MG Metro crashed on the A516 in South Derbyshire at 22:20 on Sunday 8 July 1990. A 34-year-old female passenger and the 40-year-old male driver were seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
8 Jul 1990
Sunday, 22:20
Vehicles
1
MG Metro
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.88658, longitude -1.5987, in the DE65 postcode district and within the built-up area of Etwall.

Map of where the crash happened in South Derbyshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990300D00637
Council area
South Derbyshire
Police force
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
516
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
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 March 1994.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: MG Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (MG Metro)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (MG Metro)

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 1990300D00637 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Derbyshire road accident statistics for 1990.