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Unclassified road crash in Bassetlaw S81 on 15 November 1979 at 19:20 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Bassetlaw at 19:20 on Thursday 15 November 1979. The 58-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 and a 38-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 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
15 Nov 1979
Thursday, 19:20
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.31164, longitude -1.11009, in the S81 postcode district and within the built-up area of Worksop.

Map of where the crash happened in Bassetlaw

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979311111475
Council area
Bassetlaw
Police force
Nottinghamshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

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, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Special conditions at the site
Road surface defective
Carriageway hazards
Poor or defective road surface

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 7 March 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    37 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    58 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 1979311111475 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bassetlaw road accident statistics for 1979.