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Serious A6097 crash in Newark and Sherwood on 16 April 1991 at 16:15 involving a Reliant Rialto

A Reliant Rialto and a Ford Escort van were involved in a crash on the A6097 in Newark and Sherwood at 16:15 on Tuesday 16 April 1991. The 65-year-old male driver of the Reliant Rialto and a 52-year-old female passenger in the Ford Escort van were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
16 Apr 1991
Tuesday, 16:15
Vehicles
2
Reliant Rialto and Ford Escort
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.01221, longitude -1.0079, in the NG14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lowdham.

Map of where the crash happened in Newark and Sherwood

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1991317X40902
Council area
Newark and Sherwood
Police force
Nottinghamshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6097
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Stop sign
Second road class
C

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 slight injury crash on 23 July 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Reliant Rialto

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    65 years
    Engine capacity
    848 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Reliant Rialto)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 52, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

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 1991317X40902 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Newark and Sherwood road accident statistics for 1991.