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Serious C road crash in Derby DE23 on 21 December 2013 at 00:10 involving a Vauxhall Astra taxi

A Vauxhall Astra taxi and a Peugeot Expert taxi were involved in a crash on a C road in Derby at 00:10 on Saturday 21 December 2013. The 42-year-old male driver of the Peugeot Expert taxi and a 49-year-old female passenger in the Peugeot Expert taxi were seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine but windy weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Dec 2013
Saturday, 00:10
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and Peugeot Expert
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.89719, longitude -1.51015, in the DE23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Derby. It is one of the crashes that make up the Blagreaves, Derby, DE23 1PY area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2013300004430
Council area
Derby
Police force
Derbyshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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 with 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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 May 2023.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,686 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot Expert

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 42, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot Expert)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 49, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot Expert)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 2013300004430 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 2013.