A46 crash in Rushcliffe on 21 December 2007 at 15:35 involving a Skoda Octavia
A Skoda Octavia and a Volkswagen Beetle were involved in a crash on the A46 in Rushcliffe at 15:35 on Friday 21 December 2007. The 40-year-old male driver of the Skoda Octavia and a 38-year-old female passenger in the Skoda Octavia were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Dec 2007
- Friday, 15:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Skoda Octavia and Volkswagen Beetle
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.96673, longitude -0.9589, in the NG13 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the East Bridgford, Rushcliffe, NG13 8LA area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 20073102D4271
- 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
- 46
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 6097
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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 November 2007.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A46 in Rushcliffe, 19 November 2007
At the same spotRef 20073102D3875
Slight
Mercedes E Class crash on the A46 in Rushcliffe, 30 May 2005
At the same spotRef 20053102D1561
Slight
Peugeot 307 crash on the A46 in Rushcliffe, 8 April 2008
At the same spotRef 20083102D0785
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A46 in Rushcliffe, 5 November 2010
At the same spotRef 20103102D2913
Slight
Van crash on the A46 in Rushcliffe, 12 May 2006
At the same spotRef 20063102D1475
Slight
Mercedes E Class crash on the A46 in Rushcliffe, 10 May 2009
At the same spotRef 20093102D1061
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Skoda Octavia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Beetle
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Skoda Octavia)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Skoda Octavia)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 20073102D4271 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 2007.