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Serious A608 crash in Erewash on 17 May 2014 at 13:44 involving a Yamaha motorcycle

A car and a Yamaha motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A608 in Erewash at 13:44 on Saturday 17 May 2014. The 56-year-old male rider of the Yamaha motorcycle and a 54-year-old female passenger on the Yamaha motorcycle were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
17 May 2014
Saturday, 13:44
Vehicles
2
Car and Yamaha
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.96913, longitude -1.41449, in the DE7 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Little Eaton & Stanley, Erewash, DE7 6DE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Erewash

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2014300007002
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
608
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 August 2013.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No

  • Vehicle 2: Yamaha

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 56, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 54, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha)

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 2014300007002 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 2014.