B6179 crash in Amber Valley on 25 September 2019 at 17:02 involving a Hyundai Santa Fe
A Hyundai Santa Fe hit a pedestrian on the B6179 in Amber Valley at 17:02 on Wednesday 25 September 2019. A male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Sep 2019
- Wednesday, 17:02
- Vehicles
- 1
- Hyundai Santa Fe
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.0736, longitude -1.39858, 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 1FE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Amber Valley
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019301901341
- 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
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- 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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 23 May 2025.
Serious
Toyota Aygo crash on the B6179 in Amber Valley, 23 May 2025
9 m awayRef 2025302500828
Slight
Bus crash on the A61 in Amber Valley, 14 March 1980
9 m awayRef 1980300A00428
Slight
Volkswagen Crafter crash on the B6179 in Amber Valley, 28 September 2009
34 m awayRef 200930A000483
Slight
Peugeot 308 crash on the B6179 in Amber Valley, 21 July 2009
53 m awayRef 200930A000361
Slight
Car crash on the A61 in Amber Valley, 18 May 1980
91 m awayRef 1980300A00926
Slight
Car crash on the B6179 in Amber Valley, 16 April 2010
103 m awayRef 201030C000204
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Hyundai Santa Fe
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,991 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, hit by vehicle 1 (Hyundai Santa Fe)
- Pedestrian location
- On footway or verge
- 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 2019301901341 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 2019.