A617 crash in Newark and Sherwood on 20 October 2005 at 13:23 involving a Scania lorry
A Scania lorry, a car and a Citroen Synergie were involved in a crash on the A617 in Newark and Sherwood at 13:23 on Thursday 20 October 2005. The 33-year-old female driver of the car and the 64-year-old female driver of the Citroen Synergie were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Oct 2005
- Thursday, 13:23
- Vehicles
- 3
- Scania and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.12055, longitude -1.0565, in the NG22 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bilsthorpe, Newark and Sherwood, NG22 8BP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Newark and Sherwood
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 20053102B2929
- Council area
- Newark and Sherwood
- Police force
- Nottinghamshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Nottinghamshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 617
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Carriageway hazards
- Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 12 August 2005.
Slight
LDV 400 Series crash on the A617 in Newark and Sherwood, 12 August 2005
At the same spotRef 20053102B2368
Serious
Skoda Felicia crash on the A617 in Newark and Sherwood, 30 July 2009
At the same spotRef 20093102B1860
Slight
Volvo S60 crash on the A617 in Newark and Sherwood, 9 March 2006
At the same spotRef 20063102B1486
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A617 in Newark and Sherwood, 1 March 2004
14 m awayRef 20043102B0811
Slight
Peugeot 207 crash on the A617 in Newark and Sherwood, 28 July 2025
24 m awayRef 2025311621815
Slight
Fiat Ducato crash on the A617 in Newark and Sherwood, 14 January 2016
30 m awayRef 201631B004316
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Scania
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 8,970 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 33 years
Vehicle 3: Citroen Synergie
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 64 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,905 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 64, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Citroen Synergie)
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 20053102B2929 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 2005.