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Serious B6540 crash in Erewash on 5 November 2001 at 05:45 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the B6540 in Erewash at 05:45 on Monday 5 November 2001. The 24-year-old female cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
5 Nov 2001
Monday, 05:45
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Golf and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.88304, longitude -1.28918, in the NG10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Long Eaton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wilsthorpe, Erewash, NG10 3ND area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Erewash

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200130A000666
Council area
Erewash
Police force
Derbyshire
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6540
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 20 August 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,300 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    17 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    24 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Female, aged 24, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 200130A000666 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 2001.