A61 crash in Amber Valley on 1 October 2018 at 14:05 involving a Suzuki Vitara
A Suzuki Vitara and a Nissan Juke were involved in a crash on the A61 in Amber Valley at 14:05 on Monday 1 October 2018. The 41-year-old female driver of the Suzuki Vitara was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Oct 2018
- Monday, 14:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Suzuki Vitara and Nissan Juke
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.08954, longitude -1.39555, in the DE55 postcode district. 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
- 2018301801435
- 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
- 61
- Road type
- Dual 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
- 61
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 December 2010.
Slight
Peugeot 207 crash on the A61 in Amber Valley, 13 December 2010
2 m awayRef 201030C000875
Slight
Suzuki Ignis crash on the A61 in Amber Valley, 23 January 2017
4 m awayRef 2017301700173
Slight
Citroen Berlingo crash on the A61 in Amber Valley, 19 March 2025
8 m awayRef 2025302500426
Slight
Kawasaki crash on the A61 in Amber Valley, 5 August 1999
9 m awayRef 199930A000450
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on the A61 in Amber Valley, 25 April 2017
11 m awayRef 2017301700747
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A61 in Amber Valley, 19 June 2002
12 m awayRef 200230A000370
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki Vitara
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,870 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Nissan Juke
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 74 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki Vitara)
- 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 2018301801435 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.