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A38 crash in Derby on 13 August 2014 at 15:00 involving a Seat Leon

A Seat Leon and a car were involved in a crash on the A38 in Derby at 15:00 on Wednesday 13 August 2014. The 44-year-old female driver of the Seat Leon, the 29-year-old male driver of the car and a 50-year-old male passenger in the car were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
13 Aug 2014
Wednesday, 15:00
Vehicles
2
Seat Leon and car
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.91504, longitude -1.52229, in the DE3 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Abbey, Derby, DE22 3YY area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Derby

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2014300008630
Council area
Derby
Police force
Derbyshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
38
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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
5%
Estimated chance it was slight
95%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 August 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Seat Leon

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    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
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Seat Leon)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    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 2014300008630 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 2014.