Serious A617 crash in Mansfield on 14 December 2015 at 18:12 involving a Honda CBR125R motorcycle
A Honda CBR125R motorcycle and an Audi A3 were involved in a crash on the A617 in Mansfield at 18:12 on Monday 14 December 2015. The 23-year-old male rider of the Honda CBR125R motorcycle was seriously injured and the 24-year-old female driver of the Audi A3 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 14 Dec 2015
- Monday, 18:12
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda CBR125R and Audi A3
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.11854, longitude -1.18297, in the NG18 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lindhurst, Mansfield, NG18 4SU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Mansfield
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201531A280215
- Council area
- Mansfield
- Police force
- Nottinghamshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Nottinghamshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 617
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
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
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 91 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 April 2011.
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A617 in Mansfield, 6 April 2011
91 m awayRef 201131A066411
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A617 in Mansfield, 23 April 2018
181 m awayRef 201831A073018
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on an unclassified road in Mansfield, 6 December 2024
189 m awayRef 2024311526903
Slight
Ford Ranger crash on the A617 in Mansfield, 12 April 2025
236 m awayRef 2025311577300
Slight
Ford Kuga crash on the A617 in Mansfield, 26 December 2023
244 m awayRef 2023311392294
Serious
Peugeot 306 crash on the A617 in Mansfield, 31 May 2016
250 m awayRef 201631A105016
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda CBR125R
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 23, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda CBR125R)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A3)
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 201531A280215 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Mansfield road accident statistics for 2015.