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A610 crash in Nottingham on 24 December 1979 at 17:45 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A610 in Nottingham at 17:45 on Monday 24 December 1979. A 34-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Dec 1979
Monday, 17:45
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.98662, longitude -1.20303, in the NG8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Nottingham.

Map of where the crash happened in Nottingham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979314113362
Council area
Nottingham
Police force
Nottinghamshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
610
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
6008

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 11 August 1979.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 34, 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 1979314113362 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Nottingham road accident statistics for 1979.