A6008 crash in Nottingham on 19 April 2015 at 02:30 involving a Skoda Superb
A Skoda Superb and a Volkswagen Sharan were involved in a crash on the A6008 in Nottingham at 02:30 on Sunday 19 April 2015. The 43-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Sharan was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Apr 2015
- Sunday, 02:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Skoda Superb and Volkswagen Sharan
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.95522, longitude -1.14554, in the NG1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Nottingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Castle, Nottingham, NG1 3GA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Nottingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201531C071115
- Council area
- Nottingham
- Police force
- Nottinghamshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 6008
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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, 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
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 April 2023.
Slight
Toyota Auris crash on the A6008 in Nottingham, 8 April 2023
2 m awayRef 2023311297655
Slight
Car crash on the A6008 in Nottingham, 10 May 1981
2 m awayRef 1981313110449
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A6008 in Nottingham, 21 March 1982
2 m awayRef 1982313110309
Serious
Car crash on the A6008 in Nottingham, 8 February 1980
2 m awayRef 1980313110100
Slight
Optare Solo crash on the A6008 in Nottingham, 25 March 2003
2 m awayRef 20033102C0145
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the A6008 in Nottingham, 31 March 1995
2 m awayRef 1995317N40716
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Skoda Superb
Car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Sharan
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Sharan)
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 201531C071115 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 2015.