A601 crash in Derby on 1 November 2003 at 02:20 involving a Mitsubishi
A Mitsubishi and another vehicle were involved in a crash on the A601 in Derby at 02:20 on Saturday 1 November 2003. A 32-year-old female pedestrian hit by the other vehicle and a 22-year-old male pedestrian hit by the Mitsubishi were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Nov 2003
- Saturday, 02:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mitsubishi and other vehicle
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.91964, longitude -1.48313, in the DE22 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.
Map of where the crash happened in Derby
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200330D000917
- Council area
- Derby
- Police force
- Derbyshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 601
- 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
- 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 April 2011.
Slight
Volvo S40 crash on the A601 in Derby, 29 April 2011
At the same spotRef 201130D000445
Serious
Mini Cooper crash on the A5250 in Derby, 21 November 2017
4 m awayRef 2017301701924
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A601 in Derby, 13 December 2016
4 m awayRef 2016301600835
Slight
Mercedes B Class crash on the A601 in Derby, 22 November 2024
4 m awayRef 2024302500063
Slight
Peugeot 208 crash on the A5250 in Derby, 9 September 2022
6 m awayRef 2022302201522
Slight
Ford Galaxy crash on the A601 in Derby, 4 April 2025
6 m awayRef 2025302500539
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mitsubishi
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,500 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
Vehicle 2: Other vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 32, hit by vehicle 2 (Other vehicle)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
Casualty 2: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 22, hit by vehicle 1 (Mitsubishi)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
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 200330D000917 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.