B600 crash in Broxtowe on 4 April 1998 at 06:00 involving a Leyland DAF FA 50 lorry
A Leyland DAF FA 50 lorry and a Ford Transit van were involved in a crash on the B600 in Broxtowe at 06:00 on Saturday 4 April 1998. The 47-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit van was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Apr 1998
- Saturday, 06:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Leyland DAF FA 50 and Ford Transit
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.02847, longitude -1.28203, in the NG16 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Broxtowe
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1998317B40731
- Council area
- Broxtowe
- Police force
- Nottinghamshire
- Highway authority
- Nottinghamshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 600
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Carriageway hazards
- Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 27 November 2009.
Serious
DAF Trucks FT 85CF crash on the B600 in Broxtowe, 27 November 2009
20 m awayRef 20093104D3184
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B600 in Broxtowe, 24 November 2024
26 m awayRef 2024311520913
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the B600 in Broxtowe, 22 August 1996
28 m awayRef 1996317H20364
Slight
Nissan Juke crash on the B600 in Broxtowe, 8 December 2025
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Serious
Jaguar S Type crash on the B600 in Broxtowe, 26 December 2021
43 m awayRef 202131D198521
Slight
Ford Maverick crash on the B600 in Broxtowe, 3 June 2004
57 m awayRef 20043108D3201
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Leyland DAF FA 50
Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,496 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 47, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)
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 1998317B40731 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Broxtowe road accident statistics for 1998.