Serious A609 crash in Erewash on 15 November 2019 at 18:08 involving a Ford Transit Custom van
A Ford Transit Custom van and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A609 in Erewash at 18:08 on Friday 15 November 2019. The 32-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 15 Nov 2019
- Friday, 18:08
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Transit Custom and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.96547, longitude -1.30317, in the DE7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ilkeston. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hallam Fields, Erewash, DE7 5AR area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019301901638
- Council area
- Erewash
- Police force
- Derbyshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Derbyshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 609
- 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
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 March 2017.
Slight
Volvo crash on the A609 in Erewash, 27 March 2017
3 m awayRef 2017301700913
Serious
Volvo crash on a C road in Erewash, 11 June 2008
4 m awayRef 200830A000294
Slight
Chevrolet Aveo crash on the A609 in Erewash, 17 October 2013
4 m awayRef 2013300003147
Slight
Vauxhall Frontera crash on the A609 in Erewash, 1 June 2003
6 m awayRef 200330A000294
Slight
Toyota Aygo crash on the A609 in Erewash, 30 April 2018
9 m awayRef 2018301800731
Slight
Smart City crash on the A609 in Erewash, 28 November 2021
10 m awayRef 2021302101922
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit Custom
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SeriousMale, aged 32, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2019301901638 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Erewash road accident statistics for 2019.