A601 crash in Derby on 3 July 2012 at 17:00 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A601 in Derby at 17:00 on Tuesday 3 July 2012. The 18-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa and a 17-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Corsa were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Jul 2012
- Tuesday, 17:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.9177, longitude -1.4714, in the DE1 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.
Map of where the crash happened in Derby
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201230D001470
- Council area
- Derby
- Police force
- Derbyshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 601
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 601
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 December 2006.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A601 in Derby, 15 December 2006
At the same spotRef 200630D000995
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A601 in Derby, 8 March 2011
At the same spotRef 201130D000251
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A601 in Derby, 16 November 2004
At the same spotRef 200430D001045
Slight
Citroen ZX crash on the A601 in Derby, 5 October 2001
At the same spotRef 200130D000850
Slight
Nissan Primera crash on the A601 in Derby, 3 December 2005
At the same spotRef 200530D000931
Slight
Car crash on the A601 in Derby, 3 October 2001
At the same spotRef 200130D000843
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 973 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,389 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- 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 201230D001470 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 2012.