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Serious B6325 crash in Newark and Sherwood on 30 June 1998 at 15:05 involving a Ford Sierra

A Ford Sierra crashed on the B6325 in Newark and Sherwood at 15:05 on Tuesday 30 June 1998. The 66-year-old male driver and a 65-year-old female passenger were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
30 Jun 1998
Tuesday, 15:05
Vehicles
1
Ford Sierra
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.10714, longitude -0.82093, in the NG23 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Newark and Sherwood

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998317E80905
Council area
Newark and Sherwood
Police force
Nottinghamshire
Highway authority
Nottinghamshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6325
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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 5 January 1996.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Straight ahead at junction
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    66 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 66, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)

    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 1998317E80905 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.