A52 crash in Nottingham on 24 October 2018 at 18:50 involving a Nissan Micra
A Nissan Micra and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the A52 in Nottingham at 18:50 on Wednesday 24 October 2018. The 38-year-old male driver of the Nissan Micra was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Oct 2018
- Wednesday, 18:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Micra and Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.92285, longitude -1.16389, 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
- 201831C200718
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 May 2014.
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A52 in Nottingham, 8 May 2014
8 m awayRef 201431C093914
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A52 in Nottingham, 3 September 2025
10 m awayRef 2025311637346
Fatal
Motorcycle crash on the A614 in Nottingham, 24 October 1979
11 m awayRef 1979315211768
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the A52 in Nottingham, 11 April 1991
11 m awayRef 1991317Y40863
Slight
Austin Ambassador crash on the A52 in Nottingham, 27 August 1991
11 m awayRef 1991317Y42077
Slight
Van crash on the A52 in Nottingham, 18 January 1983
11 m awayRef 1983315200071
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)
- 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 201831C200718 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.