B6540 crash in Erewash on 21 November 2017 at 07:15 involving a Mercedes A Class
A bicycle and a Mercedes A Class were involved in a crash on the B6540 in Erewash at 07:15 on Tuesday 21 November 2017. The 24-year-old female cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Nov 2017
- Tuesday, 07:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Mercedes A Class
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.89522, longitude -1.2725, in the NG10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Long Eaton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Long Eaton Central, Erewash, NG10 1HH area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017301701922
- Council area
- Erewash
- Police force
- Derbyshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Derbyshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6540
- 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
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no 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, 1 metre away, was a serious injury crash on 20 July 2017.
Serious
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the B6540 in Erewash, 20 July 2017
1 m awayRef 2017301701310
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B6540 in Erewash, 1 March 2019
2 m awayRef 2019301900241
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on the B6540 in Erewash, 5 December 2018
5 m awayRef 2018301801732
Slight
Kia Picanto crash on the B6540 in Erewash, 3 April 2022
6 m awayRef 2022302200564
Serious
Car crash on the B6540 in Erewash, 29 October 2009
9 m awayRef 200930A000548
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on an unclassified road in Erewash, 12 November 2006
11 m awayRef 200630A000587
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Mercedes A Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South East
- 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
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,991 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightFemale, aged 24, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
- 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 2017301701922 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 2017.