B5010 crash in Erewash on 6 February 2003 at 19:00 involving a Ford Escort
A Ford Escort, a Suzuki Vitara and a Vauxhall Cavalier were involved in a crash on the B5010 in Erewash at 19:00 on Thursday 6 February 2003. A male passenger in the Ford Escort and a 42-year-old female passenger in the Suzuki Vitara were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Feb 2003
- Thursday, 19:00
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Escort and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.9198, longitude -1.30301, in the NG10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sandiacre. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sandiacre, Erewash, NG10 5GW area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200330A000077
- Council area
- Erewash
- Police force
- Derbyshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Derbyshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5010
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 15 December 2008.
Serious
Car crash on the B5010 in Erewash, 15 December 2008
10 m awayRef 200830A000641
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the B5010 in Erewash, 20 January 2011
10 m awayRef 201130D000070
Slight
Volvo crash on the B5010 in Erewash, 16 November 2021
18 m awayRef 2021302101795
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the B5010 in Erewash, 10 May 1999
20 m awayRef 199930A000273
Slight
Renault 5 crash on the B5010 in Erewash, 10 January 2000
22 m awayRef 200030A000019
Slight
Car crash on the B5010 in Erewash, 28 June 2002
40 m awayRef 200230A000386
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,297 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Suzuki Vitara
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn left
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,590 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Cavalier
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Suzuki Vitara)
- 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 200330A000077 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Erewash road accident statistics for 2003.