Serious C road crash in Gedling NG21 on 9 November 2011 at 18:31 involving a BMW 3 Series
A BMW 3 Series and a Citroen Saxo were involved in a crash on a C road in Gedling at 18:31 on Wednesday 9 November 2011. The 52-year-old male driver of the Citroen Saxo was seriously injured and a 48-year-old female passenger in the BMW 3 Series was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 9 Nov 2011
- Wednesday, 18:31
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 3 Series and Citroen Saxo
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.06609, longitude -1.13222, in the NG21 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201131D288611
- Council area
- Gedling
- Police force
- Nottinghamshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Nottinghamshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Raining, 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%
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen Saxo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Saxo)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)
- 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 201131D288611 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Gedling road accident statistics for 2011.