A38 crash in Amber Valley on 23 May 2018 at 17:10 involving a Fiat Punto
A Fiat Punto and a Renault Megane were involved in a crash on the A38 in Amber Valley at 17:10 on Wednesday 23 May 2018. The 35-year-old female driver of the Fiat Punto was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 May 2018
- Wednesday, 17:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Fiat Punto and Renault Megane
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.09119, longitude -1.3718, in the DE55 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Somercotes, Amber Valley, DE55 4QJ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018301800732
- Council area
- Amber Valley
- Police force
- Derbyshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Derbyshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 38
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- 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
- 38
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 20 August 2012.
Serious
Yamaha crash on the A38 in Amber Valley, 20 August 2012
2 m awayRef 201230C001644
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A38 in Amber Valley, 30 June 1999
2 m awayRef 199930A000372
Slight
Nissan Qashqai crash on the B600 in Amber Valley, 3 December 2019
3 m awayRef 2019301901754
Serious
Mercedes crash on the A38 in Amber Valley, 20 May 2019
7 m awayRef 2019301900607
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A38 in Amber Valley, 29 October 2021
9 m awayRef 2021302101742
Fatal
Hyundai i10 crash on the A38 in Amber Valley, 24 October 2018
9 m awayRef 2018301801413
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Fiat Punto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Punto)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least 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 2018301800732 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 2018.