A609 crash in Erewash on 9 January 2015 at 19:15 involving a Yamaha YQ 50 Aerox motorcycle
A Yamaha YQ 50 Aerox motorcycle and a Fiat Punto were involved in a crash on the A609 in Erewash at 19:15 on Friday 9 January 2015. The 17-year-old male rider of the Yamaha YQ 50 Aerox motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 Jan 2015
- Friday, 19:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Yamaha YQ 50 Aerox and Fiat Punto
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.97269, longitude -1.36977, in the DE7 postcode district and within the built-up area of West Hallam. It is one of the crashes that make up the West Hallam & Dale Abbey, Erewash, DE7 6PE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Erewash
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015300011597
- Council area
- Erewash
- Police force
- Derbyshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Derbyshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 609
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining 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
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 November 2005.
Slight
Toyota Carina crash on the A609 in Erewash, 5 November 2005
At the same spotRef 200530A000590
Slight
Nissan Qashqai crash on the A609 in Erewash, 18 February 2020
7 m awayRef 2020302000325
Slight
Peugeot Partner crash on the A609 in Erewash, 22 November 2025
9 m awayRef 2025302501798
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A609 in Erewash, 23 July 2012
10 m awayRef 201230D001533
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A609 in Erewash, 28 July 2007
14 m awayRef 200730A000460
Serious
MG ZR crash on the A609 in Erewash, 29 June 2006
14 m awayRef 200630A000344
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Yamaha YQ 50 Aerox
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- 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
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 49 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Fiat Punto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 17, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha YQ 50 Aerox)
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 2015300011597 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 2015.