A46 crash in Newark and Sherwood on 1 September 2025 at 16:37 involving a Vauxhall Insignia
Four vehicles, including a Vauxhall Insignia and a Ford Focus, were involved in a crash on the A46 in Newark and Sherwood at 16:37 on Monday 1 September 2025. A 74-year-old female passenger in the Ford Focus was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Sep 2025
- Monday, 16:37
- Vehicles
- 4
- Vauxhall Insignia and 3 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.10387, longitude -0.76986, in the NG23 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Newark and Sherwood
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025311636011
- Council area
- Newark and Sherwood
- Police force
- Nottinghamshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Nottinghamshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 46
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 16 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 May 1994.
Slight
Iveco-Ford crash on the A46 in Newark and Sherwood, 22 May 1994
16 m awayRef 1994317W20391
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A46 in Newark and Sherwood, 30 March 2003
17 m awayRef 20033102B1331
Slight
ERF crash on the A46 in Newark and Sherwood, 1 December 1998
22 m awayRef 1998317E81736
Serious
Ford C-Max crash on the A46 in Newark and Sherwood, 19 December 2018
24 m awayRef 201831B242218
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A46 in Newark and Sherwood, 11 December 1995
25 m awayRef 1995317W81935
Slight
Car crash on the A46 in Newark and Sherwood, 19 January 1979
26 m awayRef 1979316100049
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Insignia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- North East
- 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
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,956 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- 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
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 73 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 3: Citroen C1
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- 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
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 10 to 20 km
Vehicle 4: Iveco Daily
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 10 to 20 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 74, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
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 2025311636011 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Newark and Sherwood road accident statistics for 2025.