Serious A60 crash in Rushcliffe on 6 June 1981 at 11:45 involving a car
Three cars were involved in a crash on the A60 in Rushcliffe at 11:45 on Saturday 6 June 1981. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 6 Jun 1981
- Saturday, 11:45
- Vehicles
- 3
- Car and 2 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.81426, longitude -1.14698, in the LE12 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Rushcliffe
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1981315310751
- Council area
- Rushcliffe
- Police force
- Nottinghamshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 60
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Stop sign
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 6006
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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 24 April 1979.
Serious
Car crash on the A60 in Rushcliffe, 24 April 1979
At the same spotRef 1979315210669
Serious
Car crash on the A60 in Rushcliffe, 28 March 1979
At the same spotRef 1979315210518
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A60 in Rushcliffe, 30 November 2019
1 m awayRef 201931D251319
Slight
Citroen Berlingo crash on the A60 in Rushcliffe, 23 July 2014
5 m awayRef 201431D164614
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A60 in Rushcliffe, 23 December 2014
5 m awayRef 201431D303214
Slight
Citroen Berlingo crash on the A60 in Rushcliffe, 23 January 2020
5 m awayRef 202031D024420
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Driver
SlightMale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 1981315310751 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 1981.