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A514 crash in Derby on 22 January 1997 at 07:10 involving a Volkswagen

A Volkswagen and a Ford Sierra were involved in a crash on the A514 in Derby at 07:10 on Wednesday 22 January 1997. The 28-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Jan 1997
Wednesday, 07:10
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen and Ford Sierra
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.90221, longitude -1.46029, 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
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997307D00055
Council area
Derby
Police force
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
514
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
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, lighting unknown
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 13 November 1980.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,493 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen)

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 1997307D00055 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 1997.