Unclassified road crash in Gedling NG5 on 14 August 2020 at 14:20 involving a BMW X6
A BMW X6, a Volkswagen Polo and a Vauxhall Vivaro van were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Gedling at 14:20 on Friday 14 August 2020. The 32-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Polo and the 41-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Vivaro van were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Aug 2020
- Friday, 14:20
- Vehicles
- 3
- BMW X6 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.00131, longitude -1.10178, in the NG5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Arnold. It is one of the crashes that make up the Plains, Gedling, NG5 6RA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Gedling
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 202031D129520
- 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
- 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
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 10 February 2021.
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Gedling, 10 February 2021
9 m awayRef 202131D012021
Slight
Peugeot 3008 crash on an unclassified road in Gedling, 23 October 2025
16 m awayRef 2025311658364
Slight
Audi A4 crash on an unclassified road in Gedling, 15 November 2015
17 m awayRef 201531D282515
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B684 in Gedling, 15 June 2011
19 m awayRef 201131D123211
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Gedling, 28 November 2011
20 m awayRef 201131D279911
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the B684 in Gedling, 12 September 2017
20 m awayRef 201731D179817
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: BMW X6
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,422 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Vivaro
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 41, van occupant, in vehicle 3 (Vauxhall Vivaro)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 202031D129520 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 2020.