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Fatal A606 crash in Rushcliffe on 14 April 1980 at 12:38 involving a lorry

A lorry hit two pedestrians on the A606 in Rushcliffe at 12:38 on Monday 14 April 1980. A 73-year-old female pedestrian was killed, a 48-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured and the 50-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
14 Apr 1980
Monday, 12:38
Vehicles
1
Lorry
Casualties
3
1 killed, 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.87159, longitude -1.04988, in the NG12 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Rushcliffe

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1980315310458
Council area
Rushcliffe
Police force
Nottinghamshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
606
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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, 19 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 May 2013.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 50, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Lorry)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Female, aged 73, hit by vehicle 1 (Lorry)

    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic

  • Casualty 3: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 48, hit by vehicle 1 (Lorry)

    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 1980315310458 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.