A52 crash in Nottingham on 3 July 2018 at 17:43 involving a Volkswagen Transporter van
A Volkswagen Transporter van, a Vauxhall Astra and a Peugeot 208 were involved in a crash on the A52 in Nottingham at 17:43 on Tuesday 3 July 2018. The 62-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Transporter van, the 42-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra and the 46-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 208 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Jul 2018
- Tuesday, 17:43
- Vehicles
- 3
- Volkswagen Transporter and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.92842, longitude -1.16829, in the NG7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Nottingham. 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
- 201831C117118
- 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
- Dual 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
- 25%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 75%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 September 2011.
Slight
Yamaha XT 125 crash on the A52 in Nottingham, 5 September 2011
5 m awayRef 201131C196011
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A52 in Nottingham, 31 October 2008
24 m awayRef 20083104C2790
Slight
Volvo crash on the A52 in Nottingham, 5 September 1991
26 m awayRef 1991317R42156
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the A52 in Nottingham, 3 November 2025
31 m awayRef 2025311662876
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A52 in Nottingham, 28 July 2008
38 m awayRef 20083104C2131
Serious
Nissan NV200 crash on the A52 in Nottingham, 28 January 2015
45 m awayRef 201531C014315
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Transporter
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Peugeot 208
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,000 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 62, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Transporter)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Peugeot 208)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most 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 201831C117118 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.