Serious A610 crash in Amber Valley on 17 December 2000 at 16:20 involving a Nissan Serena
A Nissan Serena, a Fiat Bravo and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on the A610 in Amber Valley at 16:20 on Sunday 17 December 2000. There were four casualties: three people were seriously injured and one was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 17 Dec 2000
- Sunday, 16:20
- Vehicles
- 3
- Nissan Serena and 2 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 3 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.06093, longitude -1.43816, in the DE5 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Amber Valley
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200030A000792
- Council area
- Amber Valley
- Police force
- Derbyshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Derbyshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 610
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 March 2017.
Slight
Audi A7 crash on the A610 in Amber Valley, 23 March 2017
7 m awayRef 2017301700555
Slight
Toyota Aygo crash on the A610 in Amber Valley, 6 September 2013
10 m awayRef 2013300002340
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A610 in Amber Valley, 17 February 2010
14 m awayRef 201030A000069
Slight
Honda NSR125 crash on the A610 in Amber Valley, 3 May 2001
14 m awayRef 200130A000267
Slight
Car crash on the A610 in Amber Valley, 23 October 1985
58 m awayRef 1985305A00600
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A610 in Amber Valley, 17 September 1986
58 m awayRef 1986306A00574
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Serena
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Fiat Bravo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 3: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,988 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Serena)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Bravo)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Bravo)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 81, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Mondeo)
- 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 200030A000792 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 2000.