A608 crash in Amber Valley on 22 August 2022 at 16:30 involving a Peugeot Partner van
A Peugeot Partner van and a Fiat Punto were involved in a crash on the A608 in Amber Valley at 16:30 on Monday 22 August 2022. The 41-year-old male driver of the Peugeot Partner van and the 23-year-old male driver of the Fiat Punto were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Aug 2022
- Monday, 16:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot Partner and Fiat Punto
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.98214, longitude -1.40151, in the DE7 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Smalley, Shipley & Horsley Woodhouse, Amber Valley, DE7 6DG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Amber Valley
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022302201417
- 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
- 608
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 15 May 2017.
Slight
Citroen C2 crash on the A608 in Amber Valley, 15 May 2017
1 m awayRef 2017301700854
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A608 in Amber Valley, 28 February 2002
2 m awayRef 200230A000135
Slight
Optare Solo crash on the A608 in Amber Valley, 26 September 2007
2 m awayRef 200730A000510
Serious
Hyundai i10 crash on the A608 in Amber Valley, 15 February 2024
2 m awayRef 2024302400254
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A608 in Amber Valley, 1 April 2001
2 m awayRef 200130A000198
Serious
Gilera Cougar crash on the A608 in Amber Valley, 6 February 2003
2 m awayRef 200330A000073
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot Partner
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,498 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Fiat Punto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 41, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot Partner)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Punto)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least 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 2022302201417 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 2022.