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A38 crash in South Derbyshire on 8 January 1992 at 20:10 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier and a car were involved in a crash on the A38 in South Derbyshire at 20:10 on Wednesday 8 January 1992. A 43-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Cavalier was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Jan 1992
Wednesday, 20:10
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Cavalier and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.84879, longitude -1.59014, in the DE65 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in South Derbyshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1992302D00017
Council area
South Derbyshire
Police force
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
38
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, no street lighting
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 23 May 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

    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 1992302D00017 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 1992.