A601 crash in Derby on 20 December 2012 at 21:50 involving an Audi A4
An Audi A4 and a Peugeot 207 were involved in a crash on the A601 in Derby at 21:50 on Thursday 20 December 2012. The 21-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 207 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Dec 2012
- Thursday, 21:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A4 and Peugeot 207
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.92441, longitude -1.48426, 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
- 201230D002506
- 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
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 52
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, 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 27 November 2014.
Slight
Honda CBR125R crash on the A601 in Derby, 27 November 2014
At the same spotRef 2014300010885
Slight
Ford Galaxy crash on the A601 in Derby, 4 August 2012
At the same spotRef 201230D001866
Slight
Rover 25 crash on the A52 in Derby, 16 September 2006
At the same spotRef 200630D000723
Slight
Peugeot 307 crash on the A52 in Derby, 21 December 2005
At the same spotRef 200530D000994
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A601 in Derby, 9 June 2021
6 m awayRef 2021302100769
Slight
Scania crash on the A601 in Derby, 11 June 2025
7 m awayRef 2025302501207
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 207
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 207)
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 201230D002506 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.