Serious A6097 crash in Newark and Sherwood on 6 October 2011 at 23:42 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane crashed on the A6097 in Newark and Sherwood at 23:42 on Thursday 6 October 2011. The 19-year-old female driver and a 20-year-old male passenger were seriously injured and a 20-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 6 Oct 2011
- Thursday, 23:42
- Vehicles
- 1
- Renault Megane
- Casualties
- 3
- 2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.99732, longitude -0.99432, in the NG14 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201131B277311
- Council area
- Newark and Sherwood
- Police force
- Nottinghamshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Nottinghamshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 6097
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 May 2023.
Slight
Kia Sportage crash on the A6097 in Newark and Sherwood, 13 May 2023
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Slight
Suzuki GSXR 600 crash on the A6097 in Newark and Sherwood, 29 April 2005
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Slight
Van crash on the A6097 in Newark and Sherwood, 19 April 2025
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Serious
Van crash on the A6097 in Newark and Sherwood, 30 August 1981
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Serious
Ford Mondeo crash on the A6097 in Newark and Sherwood, 17 January 2002
43 m awayRef 20023104B0098
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A6097 in Newark and Sherwood, 27 July 2003
49 m awayRef 20033102B1780
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Megane)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Megane)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Megane)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 201131B277311 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Newark and Sherwood road accident statistics for 2011.