Serious A60 crash in Nottingham on 9 October 1982 at 18:30 involving a car
A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A60 in Nottingham at 18:30 on Saturday 9 October 1982. The 17-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 9 Oct 1982
- Saturday, 18:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.9922, longitude -1.13991, in the NG5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Arnold.
Map of where the crash happened in Nottingham
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1982316211657
- Council area
- Nottingham
- Police force
- Nottinghamshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 60
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 6514
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Special conditions at the site
- Auto signal part defective
- Carriageway hazards
- Defective traffic signals
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 18 October 1982.
Serious
Van crash on the A60 in Nottingham, 18 October 1982
At the same spotRef 1982314212152
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the A60 in Gedling, 24 September 2025
7 m awayRef 2025311646135
Slight
Car crash on the A60 in Nottingham, 17 June 1982
10 m awayRef 1982316200939
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A60 in Nottingham, 13 November 1981
10 m awayRef 1981316211784
Slight
Car crash on the A60 in Gedling, 10 January 1982
20 m awayRef 1982314200051
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A60 in Gedling, 2 September 1981
20 m awayRef 1981314211787
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 17, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
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 1982316211657 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 1982.