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A631 crash in Bassetlaw on 20 August 1998 at 09:25 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta, a Leyland DAF FT 95 lorry and a car were involved in a crash on the A631 in Bassetlaw at 09:25 on Thursday 20 August 1998. The 19-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Aug 1998
Thursday, 09:25
Vehicles
3
Ford Fiesta and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.40618, longitude -0.89271, in the DN10 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Bassetlaw

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998317E21026
Council area
Bassetlaw
Police force
Nottinghamshire
Highway authority
Nottinghamshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
631
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 May 2025.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,118 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Leyland DAF FT 95

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

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 1998317E21026 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bassetlaw road accident statistics for 1998.