Serious B6179 crash in Amber Valley on 5 January 2017 at 10:34 involving a Vauxhall Omega
A Vauxhall Omega hit a pedestrian on the B6179 in Amber Valley at 10:34 on Thursday 5 January 2017. A 72-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 5 Jan 2017
- Thursday, 10:34
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Omega
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.05113, longitude -1.40507, in the DE5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ripley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ripley, Amber Valley, DE5 3SG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Amber Valley
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017301700130
- Council area
- Amber Valley
- Police force
- Derbyshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Derbyshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6179
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 6441
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
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, 2 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 15 June 2020.
Serious
Nissan Leaf crash on the B6441 in Amber Valley, 15 June 2020
2 m awayRef 2020302000686
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B6441 in Amber Valley, 7 November 2018
2 m awayRef 2018301801602
Slight
Honda ANF126T crash on the B6179 in Amber Valley, 22 October 2010
4 m awayRef 201030C000784
Slight
Car crash on the B6441 in Amber Valley, 28 February 2003
4 m awayRef 200330A000137
Slight
Ford KA crash on the B6179 in Amber Valley, 2 September 2008
4 m awayRef 200830A000451
Slight
Honda CR-V crash on the B6441 in Amber Valley, 5 December 2024
6 m awayRef 2024302500206
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Omega
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 79 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousFemale, aged 72, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Omega)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2017301700130 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Amber Valley road accident statistics for 2017.