Serious B600 crash in Ashfield on 3 April 2011 at 21:06 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B600 in Ashfield at 21:06 on Sunday 3 April 2011. The 17-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 3 Apr 2011
- Sunday, 21:06
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Focus and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.05959, longitude -1.29059, in the NG16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Brinsley and Underwood.
Map of where the crash happened in Ashfield
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201131A068511
- Council area
- Ashfield
- Police force
- Nottinghamshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Nottinghamshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 600
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
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
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 12 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 March 1989.
Slight
Car crash on the B600 in Ashfield, 23 March 1989
12 m awayRef 1989317G20224
Slight
Car crash on the B600 in Ashfield, 9 October 1987
32 m awayRef 1987317G20508
Slight
Yamaha Tracer crash on the B600 in Ashfield, 18 June 2025
40 m awayRef 2025311604871
Serious
Kia Sportage crash on the B600 in Ashfield, 24 January 2023
45 m awayRef 2023311271668
Serious
Volkswagen Passat crash on the B600 in Ashfield, 20 January 2025
47 m awayRef 2025311544179
Serious
Car crash on the B600 in Ashfield, 27 March 1982
52 m awayRef 1982312210625
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 50 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 17, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
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 201131A068511 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Ashfield road accident statistics for 2011.