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M1 crash in Erewash on 23 September 1991 at 21:30 involving a Vauxhall Carlton

A Vauxhall Carlton crashed on the M1 in Erewash at 21:30 on Monday 23 September 1991. The 60-year-old male driver and a 50-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Sep 1991
Monday, 21:30
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Carlton
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.91306, longitude -1.29955, in the NG10 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Erewash

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1991301A00612
Council area
Erewash
Police force
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
1
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 9 August 1989.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Carlton

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    60 years
    Engine capacity
    1,979 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Carlton)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Carlton)

    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 1991301A00612 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 1991.