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Serious unclassified road crash in Erewash DE7 on 28 December 2000 at 03:19 involving an Austin Maestro

An Austin Maestro, a BMW 3 Series and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Erewash at 03:19 on Thursday 28 December 2000. A 15-year-old male passenger in the Austin Maestro was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
28 Dec 2000
Thursday, 03:19
Vehicles
3
Austin Maestro and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.9619, longitude -1.30709, in the DE7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ilkeston.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200030A000811
Council area
Erewash
Police force
Derbyshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 November 2020.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Maestro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    17 years

  • Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Engine capacity
    1,766 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Front
    Engine capacity
    1,389 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Maestro)

    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 200030A000811 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Erewash road accident statistics for 2000.