B684 crash in Nottingham on 31 January 2013 at 23:30 involving a Vauxhall Astra
Two Vauxhall Astras were involved in a crash on the B684 in Nottingham at 23:30 on Thursday 31 January 2013. The 38-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and the 45-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Jan 2013
- Thursday, 23:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.9813, longitude -1.12794, in the NG3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Nottingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Porchester, Gedling, NG3 5QQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Nottingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201331C023613
- Council area
- Nottingham
- Police force
- Nottinghamshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 684
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 11%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 89%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 March 2014.
Slight
Volvo S40 crash on the B684 in Nottingham, 12 March 2014
4 m awayRef 201431C039114
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the B684 in Nottingham, 19 October 1997
7 m awayRef 1997317C42289
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on an unclassified road in Nottingham, 27 April 2008
13 m awayRef 20083102C1842
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B684 in Nottingham, 25 March 2010
13 m awayRef 20103102C0729
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B684 in Nottingham, 4 March 1998
16 m awayRef 1998317D40484
Slight
Car crash on the B684 in Nottingham, 1 April 1979
16 m awayRef 1979313210296
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Wall or fence
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
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
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
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 201331C023613 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 2013.