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Unclassified road crash in Erewash NG10 on 10 April 1998 at 19:00 involving a Ford Granada

A Ford Granada and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Erewash at 19:00 on Friday 10 April 1998. A 33-year-old female passenger in the Ford Granada and a 9-year-old female passenger in the Ford Granada were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Apr 1998
Friday, 19:00
Vehicles
2
Ford Granada and car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.90763, longitude -1.29369, in the NG10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Long Eaton.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998308A00218
Council area
Erewash
Police force
Derbyshire
Highway authority
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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, 62 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 December 2025.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Granada

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    2,792 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Granada)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 9, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Granada)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 1998308A00218 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 1998.