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C road crash in Derby DE24 on 31 October 1998 at 11:30 involving a Rover 200 Series

A car and a Rover 200 Series were involved in a crash on a C road in Derby at 11:30 on Saturday 31 October 1998. A 64-year-old male passenger in the Rover 200 Series, a 64-year-old female passenger in the Rover 200 Series and the 71-year-old male driver of the car were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Oct 1998
Saturday, 11:30
Vehicles
2
Car and Rover 200 Series
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.88424, longitude -1.462, in the DE24 postcode district and within the built-up area of Derby.

Map of where the crash happened in Derby

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998308D00883
Council area
Derby
Police force
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Raining, 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 29 November 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 64, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 200 Series)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 64, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 200 Series)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 71, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 1998308D00883 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.