A52 crash in Rushcliffe on 1 October 2016 at 00:07 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus and a Skoda Octavia were involved in a crash on the A52 in Rushcliffe at 00:07 on Saturday 1 October 2016. The 24-year-old male driver of the Ford Focus and a 16-year-old female passenger in the Ford Focus were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Oct 2016
- Saturday, 00:07
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Focus and Skoda Octavia
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.93766, longitude -1.06402, in the NG12 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Gamston, Rushcliffe, NG12 2LT area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201631D205016
- 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
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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
- 12%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 88%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 November 1982.
Slight
Car crash on the A52 in Rushcliffe, 20 November 1982
2 m awayRef 1982315301613
Slight
Lorry crash on the A52 in Rushcliffe, 20 April 1983
2 m awayRef 1983315310581
Serious
Van crash on the A52 in Rushcliffe, 7 November 1982
2 m awayRef 1982315311554
Slight
Car crash on the A52 in Rushcliffe, 17 December 1982
2 m awayRef 1982315311814
Slight
Mercedes E Class crash on the A52 in Rushcliffe, 23 December 2015
6 m awayRef 201531D288615
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A52 in Rushcliffe, 25 February 1979
9 m awayRef 1979315210329
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,989 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Skoda Octavia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
- 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 201631D205016 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 2016.