Serious B6031 crash in Mansfield on 3 July 2003 at 09:18 involving a Ford Escort
A Ford Escort and a Ford Granada were involved in a crash on the B6031 in Mansfield at 09:18 on Thursday 3 July 2003. The 76-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort was seriously injured and the 36-year-old male driver of the Ford Granada was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 3 Jul 2003
- Thursday, 09:18
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Escort and Ford Granada
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.20271, longitude -1.19138, in the NG20 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Warsop Carrs, Mansfield, NG20 8XB area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 20033102A0974
- Council area
- Mansfield
- Police force
- Nottinghamshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Nottinghamshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6031
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 6407
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, 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 15 December 2004.
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the B6031 in Mansfield, 15 December 2004
At the same spotRef 20043102A4294
Fatal
Motorcycle crash on the B6031 in Mansfield, 30 September 1989
At the same spotRef 1989317F81732
Slight
Austin Morris Mini crash on the B6031 in Mansfield, 13 February 1992
At the same spotRef 1992317F80239
Slight
Renault Kangoo crash on the B6031 in Mansfield, 6 June 2003
At the same spotRef 20033102A0901
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the B6031 in Mansfield, 28 August 1996
At the same spotRef 1996317M81144
Slight
Hyundai X2 crash on the B6031 in Mansfield, 18 September 2001
At the same spotRef 20013108A1159
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 76 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Granada
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,935 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 76, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Granada)
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 20033102A0974 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Mansfield road accident statistics for 2003.