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Serious A1 crash in Newark and Sherwood on 18 October 2025 at 03:36 involving a Fiat Panda

A Fiat Panda crashed on the A1 in Newark and Sherwood at 03:36 on Saturday 18 October 2025. The 62-year-old female driver and a 39-year-old male passenger were seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
18 Oct 2025
Saturday, 03:36
Vehicles
1
Fiat Panda
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.07046, longitude -0.76768, in the NG24 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Balderton North & Coddington, Newark and Sherwood, NG24 2QQ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025311656190
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
1
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

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Very serious
How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 April 1990.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Panda

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    62 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    20 to 100 km

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Panda)

    Serious injury band
    Very serious
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived
    Distance from home
    20 to 100 km

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Panda)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Serious injury band
    Moderately serious
    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived
    Distance from home
    20 to 100 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 2025311656190 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.