A6007 crash in Erewash on 18 December 2020 at 16:59 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Peugeot Partner van were involved in a crash on the A6007 in Erewash at 16:59 on Friday 18 December 2020. The 73-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta and the 72-year-old male driver of the Peugeot Partner van were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Dec 2020
- Friday, 16:59
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Peugeot Partner
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.99019, longitude -1.3199, in the DE7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ilkeston. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cotmanhay, Erewash, DE7 8RX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Erewash
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020302001607
- 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
- 6007
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, 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
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 15 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 February 2007.
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A6007 in Erewash, 5 February 2007
15 m awayRef 200730A000075
Slight
Chevrolet Matiz crash on the A6007 in Erewash, 22 May 2020
17 m awayRef 2020302000575
Slight
Piaggio Zip crash on the A6007 in Erewash, 20 June 2012
25 m awayRef 201230D001427
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A6007 in Erewash, 27 June 2006
25 m awayRef 200630A000339
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A6007 in Erewash, 31 March 2006
27 m awayRef 200630A000178
Slight
Ssangyong Korando crash on an unclassified road in Erewash, 8 September 2025
40 m awayRef 2025302501365
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 73 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Peugeot Partner
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- 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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 72 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 73, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 72, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot Partner)
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 2020302001607 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 2020.