A609 crash in Erewash on 12 January 2015 at 13:30 involving a Mercedes C Class
A Mercedes C Class, a Mercedes ML Class and an Audi A3 were involved in a crash on the A609 in Erewash at 13:30 on Monday 12 January 2015. The 27-year-old female driver of the Mercedes ML Class, a 1-year-old female passenger in the Mercedes ML Class and the 32-year-old male driver of the Audi A3 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Jan 2015
- Monday, 13:30
- Vehicles
- 3
- Mercedes C Class and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.97344, longitude -1.37482, in the DE7 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Erewash
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015300011649
- 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
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- 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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 21 June 2018.
Serious
Mini Countryman crash on the A609 in Erewash, 21 June 2018
9 m awayRef 2018301800777
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A609 in Erewash, 2 August 2014
10 m awayRef 2014300008456
Slight
Car crash on the A609 in Erewash, 6 September 2012
14 m awayRef 201230D001822
Slight
Peugeot 308 crash on the A609 in Erewash, 12 August 2011
22 m awayRef 201130D000800
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A609 in Erewash, 29 March 2002
32 m awayRef 200230A000186
Slight
Volkswagen Jetta crash on the A609 in Erewash, 5 February 1991
73 m awayRef 1991301A00086
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 75 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Mercedes ML Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 3: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,197 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes ML Class)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 1, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes ML Class)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Audi A3)
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 2015300011649 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.