Serious A6008 crash in Nottingham on 17 July 2017 at 10:40 involving a Yamaha motorcycle
A Yamaha motorcycle and a Mercedes E Class were involved in a crash on the A6008 in Nottingham at 10:40 on Monday 17 July 2017. The male rider of the Yamaha motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 17 Jul 2017
- Monday, 10:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Yamaha and Mercedes E Class
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.94648, longitude -1.14371, in the NG2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Nottingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Meadows, Nottingham, NG2 3BE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Nottingham
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201731C140317
- Council area
- Nottingham
- Police force
- Nottinghamshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 6008
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 June 2021.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A6008 in Nottingham, 13 June 2021
3 m awayRef 202131C085821
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A6008 in Nottingham, 28 September 2024
5 m awayRef 2024311497154
Serious
Volkswagen UP crash on the A6008 in Nottingham, 11 August 2021
6 m awayRef 202131C106521
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A6019 in Nottingham, 6 July 2013
7 m awayRef 201331C131313
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the A6019 in Nottingham, 16 September 2013
9 m awayRef 201331C179113
Slight
Volvo XC60 crash on the A6008 in Nottingham, 27 November 2019
11 m awayRef 201931C227919
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Yamaha
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 595 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 21 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Mercedes E Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- 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
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 201731C140317 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Nottingham road accident statistics for 2017.