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Serious A608 crash in Ashfield on 25 April 1981 at 12:50 involving a car

A car and another vehicle were involved in a crash on the A608 in Ashfield at 12:50 on Saturday 25 April 1981. The 39-year-old male driver of the car was seriously injured and the 42-year-old female driver of the other vehicle and a 44-year-old female passenger in the other vehicle were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
25 Apr 1981
Saturday, 12:50
Vehicles
2
Car and other vehicle
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.06413, longitude -1.26353, in the NG15 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Ashfield

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1981312200769
Council area
Ashfield
Police force
Nottinghamshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
608
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

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
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 17 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 December 2015.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years

  • Vehicle 2: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    42 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 42, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 2 (Other vehicle)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 44, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 2 (Other vehicle)

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 1981312200769 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Ashfield road accident statistics for 1981.