B686 crash in Nottingham on 26 August 2015 at 19:30 involving an Audi A3
An Audi A3, a Mercedes A Class and a Toyota Avensis taxi were involved in a crash on the B686 in Nottingham at 19:30 on Wednesday 26 August 2015. The 49-year-old female driver of the Audi A3 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Aug 2015
- Wednesday, 19:30
- Vehicles
- 3
- Audi A3 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.955, longitude -1.13534, in the NG3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Nottingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the St. Ann's, Nottingham, NG3 2BL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Nottingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201531C174015
- Council area
- Nottingham
- Police force
- Nottinghamshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 686
- 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
- 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
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 December 2019.
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the B686 in Nottingham, 22 December 2019
4 m awayRef 201931C241619
Serious
BMW 3 Series crash on the B686 in Nottingham, 21 January 2015
5 m awayRef 201531C007715
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B686 in Nottingham, 27 April 2022
5 m awayRef 2022311294086
Serious
Car crash on the A612 in Nottingham, 25 October 1987
6 m awayRef 1987317X42821
Serious
Honda Accord crash on the B686 in Nottingham, 3 October 2005
8 m awayRef 20053102C2700
Slight
Rover Montego crash on the B686 in Nottingham, 2 February 1998
8 m awayRef 1998317D40264
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Mercedes A Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- 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
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,689 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Vehicle 3: Toyota Avensis
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 201531C174015 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.