B6031 crash in Mansfield on 1 April 2016 at 00:10 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus and an Audi A6 were involved in a crash on the B6031 in Mansfield at 00:10 on Friday 1 April 2016. The 54-year-old male driver of the Ford Focus and the 28-year-old male driver of the Audi A6 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Apr 2016
- Friday, 00:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Focus and Audi A6
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.20911, longitude -1.16886, in the NG20 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Mansfield
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201631A066516
- Council area
- Mansfield
- Police force
- Nottinghamshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Nottinghamshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6031
- 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
- 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, 46 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 August 1984.
Slight
Car crash on the B6031 in Mansfield, 12 August 1984
46 m awayRef 198431AB12543
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B6031 in Mansfield, 29 March 2025
53 m awayRef 2025311571047
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B6031 in Mansfield, 19 December 1991
89 m awayRef 1991317F21047
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B6031 in Mansfield, 8 August 2000
131 m awayRef 2000317A81086
Slight
Car crash on the B6031 in Mansfield, 2 June 1987
145 m awayRef 1987317F80767
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B6031 in Mansfield, 30 August 2006
154 m awayRef 20063102A2564
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- 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
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Audi A6
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
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,781 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A6)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
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 201631A066516 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 2016.