A617 crash in Newark and Sherwood on 27 November 1980 at 15:30 involving a car
A car hit a pedestrian on the A617 in Newark and Sherwood at 15:30 on Thursday 27 November 1980. A 23-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Nov 1980
- Thursday, 15:30
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.11979, longitude -1.12018, in the NG21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rainworth.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1980312112012
- Council area
- Newark and Sherwood
- Police force
- Nottinghamshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 617
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 January 2024.
Slight
Car crash on the B6020 in Newark and Sherwood, 12 January 2024
7 m awayRef 2024311398015
Serious
Car crash on the A617 in Newark and Sherwood, 19 December 1983
10 m awayRef 1983312112637
Serious
Car crash on the A617 in Newark and Sherwood, 13 December 1991
14 m awayRef 1991317F82040
Slight
Van crash on the A617 in Newark and Sherwood, 23 December 1980
14 m awayRef 1980312102246
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A617 in Newark and Sherwood, 19 September 1998
20 m awayRef 1998317A81307
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the B6020 in Newark and Sherwood, 23 February 2008
20 m awayRef 20083102B0399
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 23, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
- Pedestrian location
- On footway or verge
- Pedestrian movement
- Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic
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 1980312112012 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Newark and Sherwood road accident statistics for 1980.