Unclassified road crash in South Derbyshire DE11 on 2 December 2001 at 21:50 involving a Ford Sierra
A car and a Ford Sierra were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in South Derbyshire at 21:50 on Sunday 2 December 2001. The 31-year-old male driver of the car and a 24-year-old female passenger in the car were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Dec 2001
- Sunday, 21:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Ford Sierra
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.77343, longitude -1.56164, in the DE11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Swadlincote. It is one of the crashes that make up the Swadlincote, South Derbyshire, DE11 1GF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in South Derbyshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200130D001056
- Council area
- South Derbyshire
- Police force
- Derbyshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Derbyshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 March 2007.
Slight
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Slight
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Serious
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Slight
Rover Metro crash on an unclassified road in South Derbyshire, 4 December 1999
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Fatal
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Slight
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Sierra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 2,933 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 200130D001056 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.