Serious B5010 crash in Erewash on 23 September 2002 at 07:56 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta, a Citroen AX and a Seddon/Atkinson were involved in a crash on the B5010 in Erewash at 07:56 on Monday 23 September 2002. There were four casualties: two people were seriously injured and two were slightly injured. Two of them were pedestrians.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 23 Sep 2002
- Monday, 07:56
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Fiesta and 2 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 2 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.91686, longitude -1.32239, in the DE72 postcode district and within the built-up area of Risley.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200230A000567
- Council area
- Erewash
- Police force
- Derbyshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Derbyshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5010
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 41 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 July 1981.
Slight
Car crash on the B5010 in Erewash, 13 July 1981
41 m awayRef 1981301A01317
Serious
Car crash on the B5010 in Erewash, 18 September 1981
61 m awayRef 1981301A01730
Slight
Car crash on the B5010 in Erewash, 19 November 1983
61 m awayRef 1983303A02199
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the B5010 in Erewash, 9 October 2011
72 m awayRef 201130D001046
Slight
Audi A1 crash on the B5010 in Erewash, 27 June 2025
85 m awayRef 2025302500984
Slight
Vauxhall Insignia crash on the B5010 in Erewash, 6 September 2019
97 m awayRef 2019301901264
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,118 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen AX
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 954 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 3: Seddon/Atkinson
Other vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 8,270 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 60, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 3 (Seddon/Atkinson)
Casualty 3: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, hit by vehicle 2 (Citroen AX)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, not crossing
Casualty 4: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, hit by vehicle 2 (Citroen AX)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, not crossing
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 200230A000567 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 2002.