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B6034 crash in Newark and Sherwood on 2 March 1998 at 14:55 involving a Rover 400 Series

A Rover 400 Series and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the B6034 in Newark and Sherwood at 14:55 on Monday 2 March 1998. A 44-year-old female passenger in the Rover 400 Series and the 28-year-old female driver of the Ford Escort were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Mar 1998
Monday, 14:55
Vehicles
2
Rover 400 Series and Ford Escort
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.17954, longitude -1.04534, in the NG22 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Newark and Sherwood

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998317E80302
Council area
Newark and Sherwood
Police force
Nottinghamshire
Highway authority
Nottinghamshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6034
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 7 August 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 400 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    1,590 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,299 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 400 Series)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

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 1998317E80302 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Newark and Sherwood road accident statistics for 1998.