Serious B690 crash in Nottingham on 27 December 1998 at 20:45 involving a car
Two cars and a bus or coach were involved in a crash on the B690 in Nottingham at 20:45 on Sunday 27 December 1998. There were seven casualties: two people were seriously injured and five were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 27 Dec 1998
- Sunday, 20:45
- Vehicles
- 3
- Car and 2 others
- Casualties
- 7
- 2 seriously injured, 5 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.97328, longitude -1.21236, in the NG8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Nottingham.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1998317B42837
- Council area
- Nottingham
- Police force
- Nottinghamshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 690
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 October 1994.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B690 in Nottingham, 22 October 1994
10 m awayRef 1994317R42326
Slight
Leyland Cars crash on the B690 in Nottingham, 31 March 1993
20 m awayRef 1993317L20121
Slight
Audi 90 crash on the B690 in Nottingham, 25 May 2000
20 m awayRef 2000317B41129
Slight
Citroen C4 crash on the B690 in Nottingham, 6 November 2020
24 m awayRef 202031C165620
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the B690 in Nottingham, 14 March 2013
25 m awayRef 201331C041713
Slight
Bedford crash on the B690 in Nottingham, 21 July 1999
30 m awayRef 1999317B41503
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside and rebounded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 16 years
Vehicle 2: Bus or coach
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
Casualties (7)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightFemale, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 6: Passenger
SlightFemale, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 7: Passenger
SlightMale, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated 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 1998317B42837 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.