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A6 crash in Derby on 13 February 2000 at 23:17 involving a Ford Escort van

A Ford Escort van crashed on the A6 in Derby at 23:17 on Sunday 13 February 2000. The 36-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Slight
Date
13 Feb 2000
Sunday, 23:17
Vehicles
1
Ford Escort
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.928, longitude -1.48154, in the DE1 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
200030D000138
Council area
Derby
Police force
Derbyshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
6

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 August 2002.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 36, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

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 200030D000138 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 2000.