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Fatal A6006 crash in Rushcliffe on 27 December 1990 at 06:50 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier crashed on the A6006 in Rushcliffe at 06:50 on Thursday 27 December 1990. A 2-year-old male passenger was killed and a 32-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
27 Dec 1990
Thursday, 06:50
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Cavalier
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.8184, longitude -1.21382, in the LE12 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Rushcliffe

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990317Y43787
Council area
Rushcliffe
Police force
Nottinghamshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6006
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 25 December 1979.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Telegraph or electricity pole
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Fatal

    Male, aged 2, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Alighting

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Bus or coach passenger
    Boarding

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 1990317Y43787 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 1990.