Serious A52 crash in Rushcliffe on 24 January 2005 at 09:20 involving a Mercedes
A car and a Mercedes were involved in a crash on the A52 in Rushcliffe at 09:20 on Monday 24 January 2005. The 33-year-old male driver of the car was 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
- 24 Jan 2005
- Monday, 09:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Mercedes
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.94171, longitude -1.05191, 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
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 20053102D0194
- 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
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 February 2004.
Slight
Volvo crash on the A52 in Rushcliffe, 18 February 2004
10 m awayRef 20043102D0674
Slight
Ford Capri crash on the A52 in Rushcliffe, 3 September 1990
10 m awayRef 1990317Y42461
Serious
Car crash on the A52 in Rushcliffe, 4 September 1983
10 m awayRef 1983315311245
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A52 in Rushcliffe, 10 December 1998
10 m awayRef 1998317D42680
Slight
Car crash on the A52 in Rushcliffe, 13 March 1982
14 m awayRef 1982315300339
Slight
Citroen BX crash on the A52 in Rushcliffe, 24 December 2001
14 m awayRef 20013104D2741
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
Vehicle 2: Mercedes
Other vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 6,370 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 20053102D0194 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 2005.