A38 crash in Derby on 8 September 2016 at 16:35 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Peugeot 307 were involved in a crash on the A38 in Derby at 16:35 on Thursday 8 September 2016. The 20-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa and a 47-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Corsa were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry slip road with a 70 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Sep 2016
- Thursday, 16:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Peugeot 307
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.9501, longitude -1.47955, in the DE22 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Allestree, Derby, DE22 2AZ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016301600455
- Council area
- Derby
- Police force
- Derbyshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 38
- Road type
- Slip road
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 6
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine with high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 April 2023.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A38 in Derby, 25 April 2023
3 m awayRef 2023302300638
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A38 in Derby, 14 October 2002
4 m awayRef 200230D000893
Slight
Iveco Daily crash on the A38 in Derby, 11 December 2015
6 m awayRef 2015300017091
Serious
Volvo XC60 crash on the A6 in Derby, 16 March 2023
9 m awayRef 2023302300464
Slight
Car crash on the A6 in Derby, 26 January 2022
9 m awayRef 2022302200171
Slight
Ford Transit Custom crash on the A38 in Derby, 24 January 2022
11 m awayRef 2022302200157
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 307
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
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 2016301600455 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 2016.