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Serious unclassified road crash in Derby DE21 on 22 May 1998 at 08:00 involving a Vauxhall Corsa

A Vauxhall Corsa and a van were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Derby at 08:00 on Friday 22 May 1998. The 29-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa was seriously injured and the 51-year-old male driver of the van and a 31-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Corsa were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
22 May 1998
Friday, 08:00
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Corsa and van
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.94436, longitude -1.43893, in the DE21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Derby.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998308D00398
Council area
Derby
Police force
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
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 92 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 29 September 2006.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,196 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 51, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Van)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)

    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 1998308D00398 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Derby road accident statistics for 1998.