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A6 crash in Amber Valley on 2 October 1998 at 10:30 involving a Nissan Sunny

A Nissan Sunny and a car were involved in a crash on the A6 in Amber Valley at 10:30 on Friday 2 October 1998. The 26-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Oct 1998
Friday, 10:30
Vehicles
2
Nissan Sunny and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.01739, longitude -1.48569, in the DE56 postcode district and within the built-up area of Belper.

Map of where the crash happened in Amber Valley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998308A00624
Council area
Amber Valley
Police force
Derbyshire
Highway authority
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Daylight
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 16 July 1993.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Sunny

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 1998308A00624 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.