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Unclassified road crash in Rushcliffe NG2 on 20 December 1980 at 00:15 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Rushcliffe at 00:15 on Saturday 20 December 1980. The 26-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Dec 1980
Saturday, 00:15
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.93819, longitude -1.11732, in the NG2 postcode district and within the built-up area of West Bridgford.

Map of where the crash happened in Rushcliffe

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1980315201679
Council area
Rushcliffe
Police force
Nottinghamshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 13 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 23 June 2024.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 1980315201679 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Rushcliffe road accident statistics for 1980.