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A52 crash in Derby on 1 October 2002 at 07:40 involving a Ford KA

A Ford KA and a BMW 5 Series were involved in a crash on the A52 in Derby at 07:40 on Tuesday 1 October 2002. A 34-year-old female passenger in the BMW 5 Series, a 2-year-old male passenger in the BMW 5 Series and the 27-year-old female driver of the Ford KA were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Oct 2002
Tuesday, 07:40
Vehicles
2
Ford KA and BMW 5 Series
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.91731, longitude -1.4082, in the DE21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Derby. It is one of the crashes that make up the Spondon, Derby, DE21 7GA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Derby

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200230D000853
Council area
Derby
Police force
Derbyshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
52
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 2 October 2009.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford KA

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Nearside or offside crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,299 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: BMW 5 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Central crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    3,498 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 5 Series)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 2, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 5 Series)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford KA)

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 200230D000853 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.