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Serious C road crash in Nottingham NG15 on 2 December 1998 at 21:17 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on a C road in Nottingham at 21:17 on Wednesday 2 December 1998. A 68-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Astra was seriously injured and the 26-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta and the 67-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
2 Dec 1998
Wednesday, 21:17
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Vauxhall Astra
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.0223, longitude -1.18955, in the NG15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hucknall.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998317B42613
Council area
Nottingham
Police force
Nottinghamshire

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 32 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 July 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    67 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 68, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 1998317B42613 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Nottingham road accident statistics for 1998.