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A6520 crash in Rushcliffe on 19 May 1998 at 18:25 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Fiat Tipo were involved in a crash on the A6520 in Rushcliffe at 18:25 on Tuesday 19 May 1998. The 42-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort and the 27-year-old female driver of the Fiat Tipo were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 May 1998
Tuesday, 18:25
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Fiat Tipo
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.93837, longitude -1.13011, in the NG2 postcode district and within the built-up area of West Bridgford.

Map of where the crash happened in Rushcliffe

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998317D20437
Council area
Rushcliffe
Police force
Nottinghamshire
Highway authority
Nottinghamshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6520
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 June 2020.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Fiat Tipo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,697 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Tipo)

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 1998317D20437 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 1998.