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A5111 crash in Derby on 20 December 1996 at 20:00 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a Ford Sierra were involved in a crash on the A5111 in Derby at 20:00 on Friday 20 December 1996. All eight casualties were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Dec 1996
Friday, 20:00
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Ford Sierra
Casualties
8
8 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.89691, longitude -1.47968, in the DE23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Derby.

Map of where the crash happened in Derby

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1996306D01026
Council area
Derby
Police force
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5111
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

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 slight injury crash on 24 September 1990.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,117 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (8)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 5, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 4, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 1, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 1, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 7: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

  • Casualty 8: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Sierra)

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 1996306D01026 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.