A52 crash in Erewash on 5 October 2007 at 07:36 involving a Ford Fiesta
Two Ford Fiestas, a Citroen Berlingo van and a BMW Z3 were involved in a crash on the A52 in Erewash at 07:36 on Friday 5 October 2007. The 24-year-old male driver of vehicle 3 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Oct 2007
- Friday, 07:36
- Vehicles
- 4
- Ford Fiesta and 3 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.91384, longitude -1.31396, in the DE72 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Breaston, Erewash, NG10 5NE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Erewash
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200730A000528
- 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
- 52
- 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
- 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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 28 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 June 2018.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A52 in Erewash, 21 June 2018
28 m awayRef 2018301800778
Serious
Mazda 5 crash on the A52 in Erewash, 3 August 2014
30 m awayRef 2014300008406
Slight
Ford Kuga crash on the A52 in Erewash, 4 May 2024
33 m awayRef 2024302400685
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A52 in Erewash, 27 March 2025
35 m awayRef 2025302500465
Slight
Car crash on the A52 in Erewash, 29 August 1980
36 m awayRef 1980300A01558
Slight
Land Rover 88 crash on the A52 in Erewash, 8 November 1994
36 m awayRef 1994304E00309
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Citroen Berlingo
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 4: BMW Z3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,991 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Fiesta)
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 200730A000528 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 2007.