B6079 crash in Bassetlaw on 3 February 2017 at 17:27 involving a Vauxhall Zafira
A Vauxhall Zafira, a Skoda Fabia and a Ford KA were involved in a crash on the B6079 in Bassetlaw at 17:27 on Friday 3 February 2017. The 74-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Zafira, the 30-year-old male driver of the Skoda Fabia and the 52-year-old female driver of the Ford KA were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Feb 2017
- Friday, 17:27
- Vehicles
- 3
- Vauxhall Zafira and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.31419, longitude -1.03848, in the S81 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Bassetlaw
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201731B030217
- Council area
- Bassetlaw
- Police force
- Nottinghamshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Nottinghamshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6079
- 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, no street lighting
- 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
- 29%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 71%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 27 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 February 1992.
Slight
Datsun 280 crash on the B6079 in Bassetlaw, 2 February 1992
27 m awayRef 1992317E80189
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B6079 in Bassetlaw, 3 April 2009
40 m awayRef 20093104B0950
Serious
Car crash on the B6079 in Bassetlaw, 12 September 1989
40 m awayRef 1989317E81606
Slight
Vauxhall Vivaro crash on the B6079 in Bassetlaw, 12 June 2019
43 m awayRef 201931B114519
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the B6079 in Bassetlaw, 16 September 1995
49 m awayRef 1995317B81216
Serious
Ford Granada crash on the B6097 in Bassetlaw, 6 August 1990
49 m awayRef 1990317E81291
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Zafira
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
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 74 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,910 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Skoda Fabia
Car
- 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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Ford KA
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
- Female
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 74, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Zafira)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Skoda Fabia)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford KA)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 201731B030217 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bassetlaw road accident statistics for 2017.