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Serious B6374 crash in Amber Valley on 8 June 1997 at 11:50 involving a Rover 200 Series

A car and a Rover 200 Series were involved in a crash on the B6374 in Amber Valley at 11:50 on Sunday 8 June 1997. A 32-year-old female passenger in the car was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
8 Jun 1997
Sunday, 11:50
Vehicles
2
Car and Rover 200 Series
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.04861, longitude -1.43311, in the DE56 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Amber Valley

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997307A00364
Council area
Amber Valley
Police force
Derbyshire
Highway authority
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6374
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Daylight
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 4 August 1993.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 1997307A00364 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Amber Valley road accident statistics for 1997.