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A609 crash in Erewash on 7 December 1991 at 23:35 involving a Vauxhall Nova

A Vauxhall Nova and a Nissan Silvia were involved in a crash on the A609 in Erewash at 23:35 on Saturday 7 December 1991. A 6-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Nova was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Dec 1991
Saturday, 23:35
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Nova and Nissan Silvia
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.97645, longitude -1.38342, in the DE7 postcode district and within the built-up area of West Hallam.

Map of where the crash happened in Erewash

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1991301A00738
Council area
Erewash
Police force
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
609
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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 unlit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 22 April 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Nova

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Nissan Silvia

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,809 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 6, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Nova)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 1991301A00738 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.