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Unclassified road crash in Erewash DE7 on 5 September 1998 at 12:30 involving an Austin Metro

An Austin Metro and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Erewash at 12:30 on Saturday 5 September 1998. The male driver of the Austin Metro and a female passenger in the Austin Metro were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Sep 1998
Saturday, 12:30
Vehicles
2
Austin Metro and car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.95456, longitude -1.32568, in the DE7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ilkeston.

Map of where the crash happened in Erewash

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998308A00567
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
Stop sign
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 21 May 1979.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Metro)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Metro)

    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 1998308A00567 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.