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Unclassified road crash in North East Derbyshire S42 on 8 December 2025 at 22:00 involving a Ford Focus

A Ford Focus crashed on an unclassified road in North East Derbyshire at 22:00 on Monday 8 December 2025. The 18-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Dec 2025
Monday, 22:00
Vehicles
1
Ford Focus
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.17062, longitude -1.47066, in the S42 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in North East Derbyshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025302501951
Council area
North East Derbyshire
Police force
Derbyshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 98 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 May 1987.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,798 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    10 to 20 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived
    Distance from home
    10 to 20 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 2025302501951 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North East Derbyshire road accident statistics for 2025.