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Serious A5250 crash in Derby on 18 July 2000 at 13:00 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A Volkswagen Polo and a Toyota Carina were involved in a crash on the A5250 in Derby at 13:00 on Tuesday 18 July 2000. The 85-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Polo and the 58-year-old female driver of the Toyota Carina were seriously injured and a 2-year-old male passenger in the Toyota Carina was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
18 Jul 2000
Tuesday, 13:00
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Polo and Toyota Carina
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.91131, longitude -1.48917, in the DE23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Derby.

Map of where the crash happened in Derby

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200030D000591
Council area
Derby
Police force
Derbyshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5250
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 26 November 2013.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    85 years
    Engine capacity
    1,296 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Toyota Carina

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    58 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 85, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Carina)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 2, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Carina)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 200030D000591 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.