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B680 crash in Rushcliffe on 3 July 1998 at 17:49 involving a Mercedes 200

A Mercedes 200 and an Austin Mini were involved in a crash on the B680 in Rushcliffe at 17:49 on Friday 3 July 1998. The 21-year-old female driver of the Austin Mini was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Jul 1998
Friday, 17:49
Vehicles
2
Mercedes 200 and Austin Mini
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.90536, longitude -1.15278, in the NG11 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Rushcliffe

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998317D41430
Council area
Rushcliffe
Police force
Nottinghamshire
Highway authority
Nottinghamshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
680
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 28 May 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes 200

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    2,299 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    16 years

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Mini

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Mini)

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 1998317D41430 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.