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Serious C road crash in Derby DE24 on 16 November 1996 at 19:20 involving a Vauxhall Nova

A Vauxhall Nova hit five pedestrians on a C road in Derby at 19:20 on Saturday 16 November 1996. There were nine casualties: one person was seriously injured and eight were slightly injured. Five of them were pedestrians.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
16 Nov 1996
Saturday, 19:20
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Nova
Casualties
9
1 seriously injured, 8 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.88257, longitude -1.49174, in the DE24 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
1996306D00898
Council area
Derby
Police force
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
C
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
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 16 September 1996.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Nova

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (9)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Nova)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Nova)

  • Casualty 3: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Nova)

  • Casualty 4: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 17, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Nova)

  • Casualty 5: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 1, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Nova)

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Nova)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 7: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Nova)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 8: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Nova)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 9: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Nova)

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 1996306D00898 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 1996.