Unclassified road crash in Gedling NG4 on 31 January 2019 at 16:42 involving a Volkswagen Scirocco
A Volkswagen Scirocco, a Ford Fiesta and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Gedling at 16:42 on Thursday 31 January 2019. The 51-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Scirocco, the 52-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Golf and a 14-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Golf were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Jan 2019
- Thursday, 16:42
- Vehicles
- 3
- Volkswagen Scirocco and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.98323, longitude -1.08227, in the NG4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Carlton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Phoenix, Gedling, NG4 4DW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Gedling
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201931D021119
- Council area
- Gedling
- Police force
- Nottinghamshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Nottinghamshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 16%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 84%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 6 November 1987.
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Gedling, 6 November 1987
2 m awayRef 1987317X42915
Slight
Ford Transit crash on an unclassified road in Gedling, 18 July 2000
2 m awayRef 2000317D41494
Slight
Seat Altea crash on an unclassified road in Gedling, 20 November 2016
2 m awayRef 201631D273416
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Gedling, 21 May 1999
2 m awayRef 1999317D41074
Slight
Vauxhall Midi crash on an unclassified road in Gedling, 17 February 1997
2 m awayRef 1997317C40332
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Gedling, 2 July 1983
2 m awayRef 1983314201378
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Scirocco
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Scirocco)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Volkswagen Golf)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Volkswagen Golf)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 201931D021119 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Gedling road accident statistics for 2019.