A453 crash in Rushcliffe on 8 December 2010 at 10:36 involving an Audi A4
Five vehicles, including an Audi A4 and a Saab 9-3, were involved in a crash on the A453 in Rushcliffe at 10:36 on Wednesday 8 December 2010. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Dec 2010
- Wednesday, 10:36
- Vehicles
- 5
- Audi A4 and 4 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.88849, longitude -1.21285, in the NG11 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Gotham, Rushcliffe, NG11 2AF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Rushcliffe
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 20103102D3218
- 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
- 453
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 8%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 92%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 1 October 2004.
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A453 in Rushcliffe, 1 October 2004
At the same spotRef 20043108D5132
Slight
Leyland DAF FA 45 crash on the A453 in Rushcliffe, 5 December 2002
At the same spotRef 20023102D0607
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A453 in Rushcliffe, 23 July 2002
At the same spotRef 20023102D0284
Serious
Rover 200 Series crash on the A453 in Rushcliffe, 31 August 2004
At the same spotRef 20043108D4586
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A453 in Rushcliffe, 14 June 2001
At the same spotRef 20013104D1259
Serious
Land Rover Discovery crash on the A453 in Rushcliffe, 2 March 1996
At the same spotRef 1996317W40535
Vehicles involved (5)
Vehicle 1: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- 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
- 1,984 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Saab 9-3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,910 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 3: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 4: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 5: Volkswagen Passat
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North 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
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Renault Clio)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Renault Clio)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Ford Fiesta)
- 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 20103102D3218 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 2010.