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A52 crash in Rushcliffe on 24 September 2001 at 12:45 involving a Mercedes lorry

A Mercedes lorry and a car were involved in a crash on the A52 in Rushcliffe at 12:45 on Monday 24 September 2001. The 55-year-old female driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Sep 2001
Monday, 12:45
Vehicles
2
Mercedes and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.93767, longitude -1.0642, in the NG12 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Gamston, Rushcliffe, NG12 2LT area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Rushcliffe

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20013104D2011
Council area
Rushcliffe
Police force
Nottinghamshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Nottinghamshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
52
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

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 1 December 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    5,958 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    55 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 20013104D2011 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 2001.