Serious A6007 crash in Erewash on 4 November 2005 at 17:52 involving a Rover 200 Series
A Rover 200 Series and a Kawasaki motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A6007 in Erewash at 17:52 on Friday 4 November 2005. The 18-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 4 Nov 2005
- Friday, 17:52
- Vehicles
- 2
- Rover 200 Series and Kawasaki
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.97619, longitude -1.30761, in the DE7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ilkeston. It is one of the crashes that make up the Little Hallam, Erewash, DE7 5PS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Erewash
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200530A000586
- 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
- 6007
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 4 September 2004.
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A6007 in Erewash, 4 September 2004
At the same spotRef 200430A000471
Slight
Renault 19 crash on the A6007 in Erewash, 4 April 2004
14 m awayRef 200430A000195
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A6007 in Erewash, 21 November 2000
42 m awayRef 200030A000726
Slight
Lorry crash on an unclassified road in Erewash, 31 July 2007
61 m awayRef 200730A000403
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Erewash, 7 November 1999
61 m awayRef 199930A000655
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A6007 in Erewash, 10 October 2025
72 m awayRef 2025302501546
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Rover 200 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Kawasaki
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 18, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Kawasaki)
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 200530A000586 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.