A52 crash in Nottingham on 12 December 2011 at 07:20 involving a Vauxhall Combo van
A Vauxhall Combo van and a Piaggio PX125 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A52 in Nottingham at 07:20 on Monday 12 December 2011. The 38-year-old male rider of the Piaggio PX125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Dec 2011
- Monday, 07:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Combo and Piaggio PX125
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.93886, longitude -1.21607, in the NG9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Nottingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Beeston North, Broxtowe, NG9 2TA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Nottingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201131C286511
- Council area
- Nottingham
- Police force
- Nottinghamshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 52
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 6464
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 9%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 91%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 January 2021.
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Combo
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Piaggio PX125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 38, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Piaggio PX125)
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 201131C286511 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Nottingham road accident statistics for 2011.