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M1 crash in Erewash on 11 January 1996 at 07:25 involving an Iveco-Ford van

A car and an Iveco-Ford van were involved in a crash on the M1 in Erewash at 07:25 on Thursday 11 January 1996. The male driver of the Iveco-Ford van was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Jan 1996
Thursday, 07:25
Vehicles
2
Car and Iveco-Ford
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.93906, longitude -1.28723, in the DE7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Erewash

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1996306A10007
Council area
Erewash
Police force
Derbyshire
Highway authority
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
1
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 3 July 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

  • Vehicle 2: Iveco-Ford

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Iveco-Ford)

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 1996306A10007 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 1996.