A52 crash in Nottingham on 16 May 2018 at 20:00 involving a Peugeot Partner van
A Peugeot Partner van and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on the A52 in Nottingham at 20:00 on Wednesday 16 May 2018. The 31-year-old male driver of the Peugeot Partner van and the 51-year-old male driver of the BMW 3 Series were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 May 2018
- Wednesday, 20:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot Partner and BMW 3 Series
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.92235, longitude -1.16382, in the NG11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wilford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Clifton West, Nottingham, NG11 7GD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Nottingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201831C102218
- Council area
- Nottingham
- Police force
- Nottinghamshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 52
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- 13%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 87%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 6 March 1982.
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A52 in Nottingham, 6 March 1982
5 m awayRef 1982315210311
Serious
Austin Maestro crash on the A52 in Nottingham, 30 January 1993
5 m awayRef 1993317Y40258
Slight
Kawasaki AR125 crash on the A52 in Nottingham, 21 July 1991
5 m awayRef 1991317Y41763
Slight
Volvo crash on the A52 in Nottingham, 4 June 2008
10 m awayRef 20083104C1552
Slight
Car crash on the A52 in Nottingham, 2 January 1982
12 m awayRef 1982315210011
Serious
Lexmoto LXS crash on the A453 in Nottingham, 31 July 2025
18 m awayRef 2025311624970
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot Partner
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 24 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 31, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot Partner)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 201831C102218 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 2018.