B5020 crash in Derby on 7 March 2002 at 17:00 involving a Rover Mini
A Rover Mini and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the B5020 in Derby at 17:00 on Thursday 7 March 2002. A 16-year-old male passenger in the Rover Mini, a female passenger in the Rover Mini and the 17-year-old male driver of the Rover Mini were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Mar 2002
- Thursday, 17:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Rover Mini and Ford Escort
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.91306, longitude -1.54343, in the DE3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Derby. It is one of the crashes that make up the Mickleover, Derby, DE3 9DB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Derby
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200230D000201
- Council area
- Derby
- Police force
- Derbyshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5020
- 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
- Human crossing control by other authorised person
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 February 1992.
Slight
Rover Metro crash on the B5020 in Derby, 10 February 1992
30 m awayRef 1992302D00127
Fatal
Car crash on the B5020 in Derby, 14 August 1992
30 m awayRef 1992302D00714
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B5020 in Derby, 3 October 1984
30 m awayRef 1984304D00808
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the B5020 in Derby, 24 October 1996
30 m awayRef 1996306D00821
Slight
Van crash on the B5020 in Derby, 25 March 1980
30 m awayRef 1980300D00856
Serious
Car crash on the B5020 in Derby, 9 August 1982
30 m awayRef 1982302D02191
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Rover Mini
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,275 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,392 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Mini)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Mini)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Mini)
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 200230D000201 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.