C road crash in Rushcliffe NG12 on 31 May 2008 at 10:43 involving a Ford Escort
A Ford Escort, a Vauxhall Vectra and a Rover 200 Series were involved in a crash on a C road in Rushcliffe at 10:43 on Saturday 31 May 2008. The 78-year-old female driver of the Ford Escort and the 87-year-old female driver of the Rover 200 Series were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 May 2008
- Saturday, 10:43
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Escort and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.91479, longitude -0.98215, in the NG12 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Rushcliffe
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 20083102D1653
- Council area
- Rushcliffe
- Police force
- Nottinghamshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Nottinghamshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- 11%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 89%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 13 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 March 2012.
Slight
Gilera Runner crash on an unclassified road in Rushcliffe, 17 March 2012
13 m awayRef 201231D075912
Serious
Suzuki GSF 1250 crash on an unclassified road in Rushcliffe, 21 March 2021
26 m awayRef 2021311029800
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on an unclassified road in Rushcliffe, 15 May 2009
45 m awayRef 20093102D1369
Slight
Saab 900 crash on an unclassified road in Rushcliffe, 2 December 2000
51 m awayRef 2000317D21406
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Rushcliffe, 19 November 2004
78 m awayRef 20043108D5947
Slight
Leyland National crash on an unclassified road in Rushcliffe, 22 October 1998
86 m awayRef 1998317D20943
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Reversing
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 78 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,910 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 3: Rover 200 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 87 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 78, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 87, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Rover 200 Series)
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 20083102D1653 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 2008.