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A6 crash in Amber Valley on 14 December 2002 at 18:15 involving a Mercedes E Class

A Mercedes E Class and a Jaguar S Type were involved in a crash on the A6 in Amber Valley at 18:15 on Saturday 14 December 2002. A 10-year-old male passenger in the Mercedes E Class and an 8-year-old female passenger in the Mercedes E Class were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Dec 2002
Saturday, 18:15
Vehicles
2
Mercedes E Class and Jaguar S Type
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.98754, longitude -1.48827, in the DE56 postcode district and within the built-up area of Duffield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Duffield & Quarndon, Amber Valley, DE56 4JB area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Amber Valley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200230A000753
Council area
Amber Valley
Police force
Derbyshire
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, 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 23 January 2013.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes E Class

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Jaguar S Type

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Lane or location
    Lay-by or hard shoulder
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    2,967 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes E Class)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 8, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes E Class)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 200230A000753 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.