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Serious B600 crash in Amber Valley on 15 September 1998 at 09:20 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra and another vehicle were involved in a crash on the B600 in Amber Valley at 09:20 on Tuesday 15 September 1998. A 75-year-old female pedestrian hit by the Vauxhall Astra was seriously injured and the 22-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Sep 1998
Tuesday, 09:20
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and other vehicle
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.07885, longitude -1.36852, in the DE55 postcode district and within the built-up area of Somercotes and Swanwick.

Map of where the crash happened in Amber Valley

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998308A00587
Council area
Amber Valley
Police force
Derbyshire
Highway authority
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
600
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
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 November 1993.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 75, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

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 1998308A00587 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.