Serious A6005 crash in Erewash on 26 August 2022 at 16:20 involving a Toyota RAV4
A motorcycle, a Toyota RAV4 and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A6005 in Erewash at 16:20 on Friday 26 August 2022. The 28-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 26 Aug 2022
- Friday, 16:20
- Vehicles
- 3
- Toyota RAV4 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.89807, longitude -1.30382, in the DE72 postcode district and within the built-up area of Breaston and Draycott. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wilsthorpe, Erewash, NG10 3RS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Erewash
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022302201450
- 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
- 6005
- 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Road surface
- Dry
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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 August 2008.
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Erewash, 14 August 2008
9 m awayRef 200830A000420
Slight
Toyota RAV4 crash on the A6005 in Erewash, 22 June 2020
24 m awayRef 2020302000709
Slight
Car crash on the A6005 in Erewash, 13 December 1985
41 m awayRef 1985305A00742
Slight
Car crash on the A6005 in Erewash, 25 July 1980
41 m awayRef 1980300A01331
Slight
Vauxhall Calibra crash on the A6005 in Erewash, 3 June 1995
41 m awayRef 1995305A00320
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A6005 in Erewash, 5 August 1993
41 m awayRef 1993303E00195
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South 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
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Toyota RAV4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 73 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,986 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- 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
- 72 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 28, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2022302201450 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 2022.