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A608 crash in Erewash on 3 July 2005 at 03:08 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort crashed on the A608 in Erewash at 03:08 on Sunday 3 July 2005. The 17-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Jul 2005
Sunday, 03:08
Vehicles
1
Ford Escort
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.96105, longitude -1.41742, in the DE7 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Little Eaton & Stanley, Erewash, DE7 6DE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Erewash

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200530A000314
Council area
Erewash
Police force
Derbyshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
608
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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, lighting unknown
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
4%
Estimated chance it was slight
96%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 June 2002.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    1,392 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

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 200530A000314 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 2005.