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A608 crash in Erewash on 11 September 1994 at 21:30 involving a Ford Sierra

A Ford Sierra and a car were involved in a crash on the A608 in Erewash at 21:30 on Sunday 11 September 1994. The 26-year-old male driver of the Ford Sierra, the 26-year-old female driver of the car and a 14-year-old female passenger in the car were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Sep 1994
Sunday, 21:30
Vehicles
2
Ford Sierra and car
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.95153, longitude -1.43289, in the DE21 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Erewash

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1994304E00243
Council area
Erewash
Police force
Derbyshire
Highway authority
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
608
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, 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 14 August 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    26 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    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 1994304E00243 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 1994.