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A52 crash in Amber Valley on 8 December 2002 at 06:50 involving a Ford lorry

A Ford lorry and a car were involved in a crash on the A52 in Amber Valley at 06:50 on Sunday 8 December 2002. The 28-year-old male driver of the car and a 46-year-old male passenger in the car were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Dec 2002
Sunday, 06:50
Vehicles
2
Ford and car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.95149, longitude -1.57964, in the DE6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Amber Valley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200230A000732
Council area
Amber Valley
Police force
Derbyshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
52
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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, 50 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 December 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford

    Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    62 years
    Engine capacity
    6,200 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 200230A000732 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Amber Valley road accident statistics for 2002.