A6011 crash in Rushcliffe on 20 December 2012 at 20:00 involving a Fiat Punto
A Fiat Punto and a Volkswagen Beetle were involved in a crash on the A6011 in Rushcliffe at 20:00 on Thursday 20 December 2012. The 26-year-old male driver of the Fiat Punto, the 48-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Beetle and a 15-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Beetle were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Dec 2012
- Thursday, 20:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Fiat Punto and Volkswagen Beetle
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.93609, longitude -1.12321, in the NG2 postcode district and within the built-up area of West Bridgford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Trent Bridge, Rushcliffe, NG2 6AB area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201231D280812
- 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
- 6011
- 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
- Central refuge, no other controls
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 20%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 80%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 5 June 2019.
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A6011 in Rushcliffe, 5 June 2019
1 m awayRef 201931D094219
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A6011 in Rushcliffe, 15 December 1992
6 m awayRef 1992317Y20824
Serious
Honda CRV crash on the A6011 in Rushcliffe, 26 July 2002
7 m awayRef 20023102D0291
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A6011 in Rushcliffe, 25 October 2000
8 m awayRef 2000317D42237
Fatal
Honda Civic crash on the A6011 in Rushcliffe, 17 March 2025
12 m awayRef 2025311570352
Serious
BMW 3 Series crash on the A6011 in Rushcliffe, 11 September 1998
28 m awayRef 1998317D41894
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Fiat Punto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Beetle
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,984 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Punto)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Beetle)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Beetle)
- 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 201231D280812 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 2012.