A52 crash in Rushcliffe on 2 May 2015 at 11:42 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra, a car and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on the A52 in Rushcliffe at 11:42 on Saturday 2 May 2015. A 39-year-old female passenger in the Ford Mondeo, the 58-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Astra and the 47-year-old female driver of the car were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 May 2015
- Saturday, 11:42
- Vehicles
- 3
- Vauxhall Astra and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.92285, longitude -1.09862, in the NG2 postcode district and within the built-up area of West Bridgford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Gamston, Rushcliffe, NG2 6NL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Rushcliffe
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201531D119015
- Council area
- Rushcliffe
- Police force
- Nottinghamshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Nottinghamshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 52
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- 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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 December 1997.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A52 in Rushcliffe, 18 December 1997
2 m awayRef 1997317W42873
Slight
Citroen C3 crash on the A52 in Rushcliffe, 8 January 2015
2 m awayRef 201531D003015
Serious
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the A52 in Rushcliffe, 11 September 2013
2 m awayRef 201331D169913
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A52 in Rushcliffe, 30 June 2024
2 m awayRef 2024311461968
Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on the A52 in Rushcliffe, 12 April 2014
3 m awayRef 201431D061914
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A52 in Rushcliffe, 20 December 2017
3 m awayRef 201731D258017
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 47 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Mondeo)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
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 201531D119015 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Rushcliffe road accident statistics for 2015.