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Serious A609 crash in Amber Valley on 28 October 1991 at 19:25 involving a Datsun Sunny

A Datsun Sunny and a Saab 99 were involved in a crash on the A609 in Amber Valley at 19:25 on Monday 28 October 1991. There were four casualties: three people were seriously injured and one was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
28 Oct 1991
Monday, 19:25
Vehicles
2
Datsun Sunny and Saab 99
Casualties
4
3 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.00183, longitude -1.42478, in the DE7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kilburn and Horsley Woodhouse.

Map of where the crash happened in Amber Valley

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1991301A00629
Council area
Amber Valley
Police force
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
609
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Stop sign
Second road class
C

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 3 February 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Datsun Sunny

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,171 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Saab 99

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,985 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Datsun Sunny)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Datsun Sunny)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Saab 99)

  • Casualty 4: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Datsun Sunny)

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 1991301A00629 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Amber Valley road accident statistics for 1991.