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Serious C road crash in South Derbyshire DE15 on 7 December 2000 at 15:10 involving an Iveco-Ford lorry

An Iveco-Ford lorry and a Renault Megane were involved in a crash on a C road in South Derbyshire at 15:10 on Thursday 7 December 2000. The 41-year-old male driver of the Renault Megane was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
7 Dec 2000
Thursday, 15:10
Vehicles
2
Iveco-Ford and Renault Megane
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.77675, longitude -1.63988, in the DE15 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in South Derbyshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200030D001027
Council area
South Derbyshire
Police force
Derbyshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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, no street lighting
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 22 July 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Iveco-Ford

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    61 years
    Engine capacity
    7,685 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault Megane

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,390 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 200030D001027 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Derbyshire road accident statistics for 2000.