A601 crash in Derby on 17 September 2011 at 22:10 involving a Renault Scenic
A Renault Scenic and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the A601 in Derby at 22:10 on Saturday 17 September 2011. The 21-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa and a 24-year-old female passenger in the Renault Scenic were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Sep 2011
- Saturday, 22:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Scenic and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.91775, longitude -1.4833, in the DE22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Derby. It is one of the crashes that make up the Arboretum, Derby, DE1 1NN area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201130D000947
- Council area
- Derby
- Police force
- Derbyshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 601
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- Wet or damp
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 26 August 2008.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A601 in Derby, 26 August 2008
At the same spotRef 200830D000677
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A601 in Derby, 24 May 2015
At the same spotRef 2015300014061
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the A601 in Derby, 12 June 2002
At the same spotRef 200230D000494
Slight
Peugeot 2008 crash on the A601 in Derby, 1 April 2024
7 m awayRef 2024302400517
Slight
Kia Rio crash on the A601 in Derby, 7 June 2017
9 m awayRef 2017301701100
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A601 in Derby, 9 May 2015
10 m awayRef 2015300015468
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Scenic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,364 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Scenic)
- 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 201130D000947 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Derby road accident statistics for 2011.