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Serious B5023 crash in Amber Valley on 27 April 2007 at 20:40 involving a Volvo V40

A Volvo V40 crashed on the B5023 in Amber Valley at 20:40 on Friday 27 April 2007. The 33-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
27 Apr 2007
Friday, 20:40
Vehicles
1
Volvo V40
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.04928, longitude -1.57705, in the DE56 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Amber Valley

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200730A000217
Council area
Amber Valley
Police force
Derbyshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5023
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, no street lighting
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 14 May 2004.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo V40

    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
    Overturned
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,870 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo V40)

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 200730A000217 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Amber Valley road accident statistics for 2007.