A46 crash in Newark and Sherwood on 3 August 2013 at 11:15 involving a BMW 1 Series
Four vehicles, including a BMW 1 Series and a car, were involved in a crash on the A46 in Newark and Sherwood at 11:15 on Saturday 3 August 2013. A 68-year-old female passenger in the BMW 1 Series and the 43-year-old male driver of the BMW 1 Series were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Aug 2013
- Saturday, 11:15
- Vehicles
- 4
- BMW 1 Series and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.08791, longitude -0.80557, in the NG24 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Castle, Newark and Sherwood, NG24 1FW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Newark and Sherwood
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201331B137713
- 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
- 46
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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, 55 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 17 January 2022.
Serious
Ford Transit crash on the A46 in Newark and Sherwood, 17 January 2022
55 m awayRef 2022311138634
Slight
Kawasaki ZX900 crash on the A46 in Newark and Sherwood, 23 November 2011
76 m awayRef 201131B264411
Slight
Peugeot Expert crash on the A46 in Newark and Sherwood, 23 December 2019
91 m awayRef 201931B242719
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A46 in Newark and Sherwood, 20 December 2006
94 m awayRef 20063102B3659
Serious
Renault Megane crash on the A46 in Newark and Sherwood, 23 August 2008
100 m awayRef 20083102B2117
Slight
Peugeot Partner crash on the A46 in Newark and Sherwood, 8 April 2007
126 m awayRef 20073102B1017
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: BMW 1 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- 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
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 53 years
Vehicle 3: Suzuki Vitara
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 64 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,590 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 4: Land Rover Freelander
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 64 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,179 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 68, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 1 Series)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 1 Series)
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 201331B137713 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 2013.