A6005 crash in Erewash on 30 December 2011 at 07:45 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A6005 in Erewash at 07:45 on Friday 30 December 2011. The 29-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra and a 35-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Astra were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Dec 2011
- Friday, 07:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.89449, longitude -1.34132, in the DE72 postcode district and within the built-up area of Breaston and Draycott. It is one of the crashes that make up the Draycott & Risley, Erewash, DE72 3PX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Erewash
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201130D001376
- 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
- 6005
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- Other
- 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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 January 2013.
Slight
Car crash on the A6005 in Erewash, 25 January 2013
10 m awayRef 201330D000122
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A6005 in Erewash, 13 December 1984
14 m awayRef 1984304A00823
Serious
Car crash on the A6005 in Erewash, 2 July 1983
14 m awayRef 1983303A01191
Slight
Car crash on the A6005 in Erewash, 13 December 1984
14 m awayRef 1984304A00820
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A6005 in Erewash, 17 November 1979
14 m awayRef 1979309A01977
Slight
Car crash on the A6005 in Erewash, 15 September 1983
14 m awayRef 1983303A01710
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- 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 201130D001376 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 2011.