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Serious A608 crash in Erewash on 18 December 2001 at 18:01 involving a Mercedes 300

A vehicle, a Mercedes 300 and a Rover 100 Series were involved in a crash on the A608 in Erewash at 18:01 on Tuesday 18 December 2001. A 17-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1, a 16-year-old female passenger in the Mercedes 300 and the 23-year-old male driver of the Rover 100 Series were seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
18 Dec 2001
Tuesday, 18:01
Vehicles
3
Mercedes 300 and 2 others
Casualties
3
3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.96949, longitude -1.41463, in the DE7 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Little Eaton & Stanley, Erewash, DE7 6DE area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200130A000751
Council area
Erewash
Police force
Derbyshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
608
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
Fine, 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 7 December 2008.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes 300

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    2,962 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 3: Rover 100 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 17, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes 300)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Rover 100 Series)

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 200130A000751 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.