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Serious A6097 crash in Gedling on 7 March 1990 at 03:20 involving a Citroen BX

A Citroen BX crashed on the A6097 in Gedling at 03:20 on Wednesday 7 March 1990. The 18-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
7 Mar 1990
Wednesday, 03:20
Vehicles
1
Citroen BX
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.02473, longitude -1.03266, in the NG14 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Gedling

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990317K20180
Council area
Gedling
Police force
Nottinghamshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6097
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry
Carriageway hazards
Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 July 2008.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen BX

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen BX)

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 1990317K20180 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Gedling road accident statistics for 1990.