B6179 crash in Amber Valley on 25 June 2018 at 17:35 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Fiat 500 were involved in a crash on the B6179 in Amber Valley at 17:35 on Monday 25 June 2018. The 19-year-old female driver of the Fiat 500 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Jun 2018
- Monday, 17:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Fiat 500
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.07759, longitude -1.39894, in the DE55 postcode district and within the built-up area of Somercotes and Swanwick. It is one of the crashes that make up the Swanwick, Amber Valley, DE55 1FL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Amber Valley
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018301800864
- Council area
- Amber Valley
- Police force
- Derbyshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- 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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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 21 August 2004.
Slight
Van crash on the B6179 in Amber Valley, 21 August 2004
3 m awayRef 200430A000447
Serious
Ford Explorer crash on the B6179 in Amber Valley, 25 December 2011
10 m awayRef 201130C000978
Slight
Vauxhall Omega crash on the B6179 in Amber Valley, 23 February 2002
20 m awayRef 200230A000120
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the B6179 in Amber Valley, 2 March 2008
33 m awayRef 200830A000123
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B6179 in Amber Valley, 26 October 2013
50 m awayRef 2013300003280
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the B6179 in Amber Valley, 31 July 2001
52 m awayRef 200130A000425
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,389 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Vehicle 2: Fiat 500
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat 500)
- 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 2018301800864 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.