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Serious A52 crash in Amber Valley on 21 June 1998 at 20:00 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra, a Rover 400 Series and another vehicle were involved in a crash on the A52 in Amber Valley at 20:00 on Sunday 21 June 1998. The 33-year-old female driver of the Rover 400 Series and a 37-year-old male passenger in the Rover 400 Series were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Jun 1998
Sunday, 20:00
Vehicles
3
Vauxhall Astra and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.95848, longitude -1.59506, in the DE6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Amber Valley

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998308A00387
Council area
Amber Valley
Police force
Derbyshire
Highway authority
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
52
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 100 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 December 1982.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover 400 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,589 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 3: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 400 Series)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 400 Series)

    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 1998308A00387 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 1998.