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M1 crash in Erewash on 28 January 2003 at 11:39 involving a Mazda MX-5

A Mazda MX-5 crashed on the M1 in Erewash at 11:39 on Tuesday 28 January 2003. A female passenger was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Jan 2003
Tuesday, 11:39
Vehicles
1
Mazda MX-5
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.92806, longitude -1.30049, in the NG10 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Draycott & Risley, Erewash, NG10 5NP area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200330M010008
Council area
Erewash
Police force
Derbyshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
1
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Other
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 11 December 2000.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mazda MX-5

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    Hit object off carriageway
    Central crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    1,840 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mazda MX-5)

    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 200330M010008 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.