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Serious unclassified road crash in Rushcliffe LE12 on 20 December 2016 at 23:50 involving a Ford Focus

A Ford Focus crashed on an unclassified road in Rushcliffe at 23:50 on Tuesday 20 December 2016. The 18-year-old male driver and a 35-year-old female passenger were seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
20 Dec 2016
Tuesday, 23:50
Vehicles
1
Ford Focus
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.81048, longitude -1.24337, in the LE12 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Rushcliffe

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201631D275716
Council area
Rushcliffe
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
40 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
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 13 metres away, was a fatal crash on 14 May 2021.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,560 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least 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 201631D275716 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.