Unclassified road crash in Newark and Sherwood NG23 on 28 May 2016 at 13:05 involving a Land Rover Freelander
A Land Rover Freelander, a Mercedes B Class and a taxi were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Newark and Sherwood at 13:05 on Saturday 28 May 2016. A 5-year-old male passenger in the Mercedes B Class and a 13-year-old female passenger in the taxi were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 May 2016
- Saturday, 13:05
- Vehicles
- 3
- Land Rover Freelander and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.10035, longitude -0.83403, in the NG23 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Newark and Sherwood
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201631B105316
- Council area
- Newark and Sherwood
- Police force
- Nottinghamshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Nottinghamshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- 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
- 11%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 89%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 80 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 November 1995.
Slight
Leyland crash on a C road in Newark and Sherwood, 10 November 1995
80 m awayRef 1995317W81523
Slight
Ford Focus crash on an unclassified road in Newark and Sherwood, 5 December 2025
166 m awayRef 2025311678506
Serious
Car crash on a C road in Newark and Sherwood, 28 June 1988
195 m awayRef 1988317S20305
Slight
Land Rover Defender crash on a C road in Newark and Sherwood, 18 January 1999
204 m awayRef 1999317E20023
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Newark and Sherwood, 18 March 1980
261 m awayRef 1980311310542
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Newark and Sherwood, 17 August 1980
451 m awayRef 1980311311566
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Land Rover Freelander
Car
- Towing and articulation
- Single trailer
- 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
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Mercedes B Class
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
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Taxi
Taxi or private hire 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
- Yes
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 5, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes B Class)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 13, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Taxi)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 201631B105316 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Newark and Sherwood road accident statistics for 2016.