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Serious A601 crash in Derby on 24 November 1995 at 02:40 involving a Nissan Cherry

A Nissan Cherry and a Freight Rover Sherpa van were involved in a crash on the A601 in Derby at 02:40 on Friday 24 November 1995. There were six casualties: one person was seriously injured and five were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
24 Nov 1995
Friday, 02:40
Vehicles
2
Nissan Cherry and Freight Rover Sherpa
Casualties
6
1 seriously injured, 5 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.9167, longitude -1.48391, in the DE22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Derby.

Map of where the crash happened in Derby

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1995305D00943
Council area
Derby
Police force
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
601
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 3 February 1981.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Cherry

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,270 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Freight Rover Sherpa

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    2,500 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (6)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Freight Rover Sherpa)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Cherry)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Cherry)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Cherry)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Cherry)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Cherry)

    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 1995305D00943 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Derby road accident statistics for 1995.