A52 crash in Rushcliffe on 1 August 2008 at 15:50 involving a MAN lorry
Four vehicles, including a MAN lorry and a Renault Laguna, were involved in a crash on the A52 in Rushcliffe at 15:50 on Friday 1 August 2008. A 62-year-old female passenger in the Renault Laguna and the 28-year-old female driver of the Citroen Saxo 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
- 1 Aug 2008
- Friday, 15:50
- Vehicles
- 4
- MAN and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.95069, longitude -0.98548, in the NG13 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bingham North, Rushcliffe, NG13 8SS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Rushcliffe
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 20083102D2107
- 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
- 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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 12%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 88%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 February 1996.
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A52 in Rushcliffe, 19 February 1996
10 m awayRef 1996317W40443
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A52 in Rushcliffe, 5 August 1979
14 m awayRef 1979316200670
Serious
Yamaha FZS 600 crash on the A52 in Rushcliffe, 27 July 2005
40 m awayRef 20053102D1926
Slight
Car crash on the A52 in Rushcliffe, 18 January 1986
41 m awayRef 1986317Y20052
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A52 in Rushcliffe, 29 October 1990
41 m awayRef 1990317Y20752
Serious
Volvo V70 crash on the A52 in Rushcliffe, 5 April 2005
70 m awayRef 20053102D0960
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: MAN
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 11,967 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Laguna
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 3: Citroen Saxo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 4: Mini One
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Laguna)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Citroen Saxo)
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 20083102D2107 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.