A608 crash in Derby on 26 September 2000 at 08:15 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane, a Vauxhall Cavalier and another vehicle were involved in a crash on the A608 in Derby at 08:15 on Tuesday 26 September 2000. The 49-year-old female driver of the Renault Megane was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Sep 2000
- Tuesday, 08:15
- Vehicles
- 3
- Renault Megane and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.94495, longitude -1.45395, in the DE21 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Derby
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200030D000773
- Council area
- Derby
- Police force
- Derbyshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 608
- 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
- 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 28 December 2006.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A608 in Derby, 28 December 2006
At the same spotRef 200630D001032
Slight
Seat Altea crash on the A608 in Derby, 14 May 2012
At the same spotRef 201230D001131
Serious
Mitsubishi Mirage crash on the A608 in Derby, 29 July 2023
6 m awayRef 2023302301169
Slight
Citroen C4 crash on the A608 in Derby, 8 February 2019
7 m awayRef 2019301900119
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on an unclassified road in Derby, 11 July 2025
7 m awayRef 2025302501083
Slight
Fiat Bravo crash on an unclassified road in Derby, 29 December 2013
10 m awayRef 2013300004542
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,870 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 3: Other vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Megane)
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 200030D000773 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.