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Unclassified road crash in Derby DE1 on 16 August 2003 at 01:15 involving a Metrocab Metrocab taxi

A Metrocab Metrocab taxi crashed on an unclassified road in Derby at 01:15 on Saturday 16 August 2003. A 35-year-old female passenger and a female passenger were 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, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Aug 2003
Saturday, 01:15
Vehicles
1
Metrocab Metrocab
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.92278, longitude -1.48086, 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
200330D000660
Council area
Derby
Police force
Derbyshire
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

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
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 19 December 2008.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Metrocab Metrocab

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Other object
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    2,496 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 35, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Metrocab Metrocab)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Metrocab Metrocab)

    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 200330D000660 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 2003.