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Serious A608 crash in Erewash on 27 March 1997 at 17:00 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and another vehicle were involved in a crash on the A608 in Erewash at 17:00 on Thursday 27 March 1997. The 47-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
27 Mar 1997
Thursday, 17:00
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and other vehicle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.96942, longitude -1.41478, in the DE7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Erewash

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997307A00240
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
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, 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 28 November 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,117 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

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 1997307A00240 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 1997.