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Serious A610 crash in Amber Valley on 19 August 2025 at 11:25 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a Mercedes A Class were involved in a crash on the A610 in Amber Valley at 11:25 on Tuesday 19 August 2025. The 49-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
19 Aug 2025
Tuesday, 11:25
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Mercedes A Class
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.06318, longitude -1.44487, in the DE56 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Heage & Ambergate, Amber Valley, DE56 2HS area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Amber Valley

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025302501568
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
610
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Moderately serious
How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 May 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    1,560 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes A Class

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,332 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    Serious injury band
    Moderately serious
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived
    Distance from home
    Within 5 km

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 2025302501568 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 2025.