A52 crash in Derby on 11 February 2013 at 17:50 involving a Volkswagen Polo
Five vehicles, including a Volkswagen Polo and a Mazda 6, were involved in a crash on the A52 in Derby at 17:50 on Monday 11 February 2013. The 27-year-old male driver of the Renault Clio, the 29-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 307 and a 64-year-old female passenger in the Renault Clio were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Feb 2013
- Monday, 17:50
- Vehicles
- 5
- Volkswagen Polo and 4 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.9247, longitude -1.46745, in the DE1 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chaddesden West, Derby, DE21 4XA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Derby
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201330D000239
- Council area
- Derby
- Police force
- Derbyshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 52
- Road type
- Dual 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
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- 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
- 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
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 26 June 1982.
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Derby, 26 June 1982
At the same spotRef 1982302D01780
Slight
Car crash on the A52 in Derby, 4 December 1987
At the same spotRef 1987307D01046
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A52 in Derby, 26 July 1995
At the same spotRef 1995305D00572
Slight
Van crash on an unclassified road in Derby, 19 August 1982
At the same spotRef 1982302D02296
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Derby, 18 October 1980
At the same spotRef 1980300D02755
Serious
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Derby, 15 March 1979
At the same spotRef 1979309D00737
Vehicles involved (5)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside onto central reservation
- Hit object off carriageway
- Central crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,391 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
Vehicle 2: Mazda 6
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 64 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 3: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 4: Peugeot 307
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 5: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Renault Clio)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Peugeot 307)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 64, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Renault Clio)
- 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 201330D000239 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.