A610 crash in Amber Valley on 21 September 2018 at 16:24 involving a BMW 3 Series
A BMW 3 Series and an Audi A1 were involved in a crash on the A610 in Amber Valley at 16:24 on Friday 21 September 2018. The 45-year-old male driver of the BMW 3 Series was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Sep 2018
- Friday, 16:24
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 3 Series and Audi A1
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.05757, longitude -1.41575, in the DE5 postcode district. 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
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018301801300
- Council area
- Amber Valley
- Police force
- Derbyshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Derbyshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 610
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 610
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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 25 October 2018.
Slight
Volkswagen Tiguan crash on the A610 in Amber Valley, 25 October 2018
1 m awayRef 2018301801519
Slight
Audi A4 crash on the A38 in Amber Valley, 4 October 2022
1 m awayRef 2022302201656
Slight
Peugeot 208 crash on the A38 in Amber Valley, 10 June 2024
5 m awayRef 2024302400811
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A610 in Amber Valley, 8 October 2019
6 m awayRef 2019301901429
Serious
Citroen Xsara crash on the A610 in Amber Valley, 18 May 2014
6 m awayRef 2014300007024
Slight
Fiat 500 crash on the A610 in Amber Valley, 27 September 2014
6 m awayRef 2014300009437
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,494 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Audi A1
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,395 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2018301801300 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.