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A38 crash in Mansfield on 7 April 1983 at 20:35 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A38 in Mansfield at 20:35 on Thursday 7 April 1983. All six casualties were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Apr 1983
Thursday, 20:35
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
6
6 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.13508, longitude -1.22495, in the NG18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Mansfield.

Map of where the crash happened in Mansfield

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1983312110679
Council area
Mansfield
Police force
Nottinghamshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
38
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 23 June 1979.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bollard or refuge
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years

Casualties (6)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 1983312110679 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Mansfield road accident statistics for 1983.