A609 crash in Erewash on 21 August 2012 at 08:30 involving a Citroen Xsara
Four vehicles, including a Citroen Xsara and a Nissan Micra, were involved in a crash on the A609 in Erewash at 08:30 on Tuesday 21 August 2012. The 60-year-old female driver of the Citroen Xsara, the 24-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa and the 24-year-old male driver of the Toyota Celica were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Aug 2012
- Tuesday, 08:30
- Vehicles
- 4
- Citroen Xsara and 3 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.97149, longitude -1.33479, in the DE7 postcode district and within the built-up area of West Hallam.
Map of where the crash happened in Erewash
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201230D001769
- 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
- 609
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- 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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 36 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 March 1993.
Slight
MG Maestro crash on the A609 in Erewash, 10 March 1993
36 m awayRef 1993303E00071
Slight
Car crash on the A609 in Erewash, 29 July 1980
73 m awayRef 1980300A01355
Slight
Car crash on the A609 in Erewash, 15 October 1988
73 m awayRef 1988308A00652
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A609 in Erewash, 3 July 1995
73 m awayRef 1995305A00393
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A609 in Erewash, 10 September 1998
73 m awayRef 1998308A00575
Slight
Car crash on the A609 in Erewash, 27 June 1988
85 m awayRef 1988308A00376
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Citroen Xsara
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,386 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,364 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 4: Toyota Celica
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North 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
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,794 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Xsara)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Vauxhall Corsa)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Toyota Celica)
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 201230D001769 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 2012.