A511 crash in South Derbyshire on 19 January 2001 at 16:10 involving a Vauxhall
A Vauxhall and a Renault Megane were involved in a crash on the A511 in South Derbyshire at 16:10 on Friday 19 January 2001. The 64-year-old male driver of the Renault Megane was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Jan 2001
- Friday, 16:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall and Renault Megane
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.77163, longitude -1.5372, in the DE11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Swadlincote. It is one of the crashes that make up the Woodville, South Derbyshire, DE11 8DG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in South Derbyshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200130D000067
- Council area
- South Derbyshire
- Police force
- Derbyshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Derbyshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 511
- 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
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 30 April 2001.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A511 in South Derbyshire, 30 April 2001
At the same spotRef 200130D000356
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A511 in South Derbyshire, 23 October 2025
1 m awayRef 2025302501850
Serious
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A511 in South Derbyshire, 26 June 2022
2 m awayRef 2022302201067
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A511 in South Derbyshire, 11 December 2006
10 m awayRef 200630D000988
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A511 in South Derbyshire, 11 March 2022
17 m awayRef 2022302200504
Slight
Car crash on the A511 in South Derbyshire, 29 April 1999
22 m awayRef 199930D000349
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 64 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 64, 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 200130D000067 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 2001.