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A52 crash in Derby on 1 March 2002 at 18:15 involving a Metrocab Metrocab taxi

A Metrocab Metrocab taxi and a Honda Prelude were involved in a crash on the A52 in Derby at 18:15 on Friday 1 March 2002. The 43-year-old male driver of the Metrocab Metrocab taxi was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Mar 2002
Friday, 18:15
Vehicles
2
Metrocab Metrocab and Honda Prelude
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.92314, longitude -1.48234, in the DE1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Derby. It is one of the crashes that make up the Arboretum, Derby, DE1 1NN area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200230D000181
Council area
Derby
Police force
Derbyshire
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
52
Road type
One way street or slip road
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
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 September 2016.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Metrocab Metrocab

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    2,496 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda Prelude

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,958 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 43, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Metrocab Metrocab)

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 200230D000181 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Derby road accident statistics for 2002.