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B6079 crash in Bassetlaw on 7 October 1998 at 18:45 involving an MG Maestro

An MG Maestro crashed on the B6079 in Bassetlaw at 18:45 on Wednesday 7 October 1998. The 24-year-old male driver, a 25-year-old female passenger and a 7-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Oct 1998
Wednesday, 18:45
Vehicles
1
MG Maestro
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.30136, longitude -1.08239, in the S80 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Bassetlaw

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998317E81399
Council area
Bassetlaw
Police force
Nottinghamshire
Highway authority
Nottinghamshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6079
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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, no street lighting
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 26 February 1996.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: MG Maestro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bridge (side)
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,994 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (MG Maestro)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (MG Maestro)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (MG Maestro)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 1998317E81399 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bassetlaw road accident statistics for 1998.