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Fatal A52 crash in Rushcliffe on 26 March 1995 at 13:30 involving a Rover Metro

A Rover Metro and a Volvo lorry were involved in a crash on the A52 in Rushcliffe at 13:30 on Sunday 26 March 1995. The 86-year-old female driver of the Rover Metro was killed and the 50-year-old male driver of the Volvo lorry was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
26 Mar 1995
Sunday, 13:30
Vehicles
2
Rover Metro and Volvo
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.94625, longitude -0.91773, in the NG13 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Rushcliffe

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1995317W40686
Council area
Rushcliffe
Police force
Nottinghamshire
Highway authority
Nottinghamshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
52
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

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

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 20 March 2006.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    86 years
    Engine capacity
    1,118 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    12,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Female, aged 86, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Metro)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 50, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 2 (Volvo)

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 1995317W40686 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 1995.