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A638 crash in Bassetlaw on 12 August 2004 at 17:55 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a Renault Laguna were involved in a crash on the A638 in Bassetlaw at 17:55 on Thursday 12 August 2004. A 77-year-old female passenger in the Renault Laguna was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a flooded single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Aug 2004
Thursday, 17:55
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Renault Laguna
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.30909, longitude -0.93257, in the DN22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Retford. It is one of the crashes that make up the East Retford South, Bassetlaw, DN22 7TT area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Bassetlaw

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20043102B2633
Council area
Bassetlaw
Police force
Nottinghamshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Nottinghamshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
638
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Flood over 3cm deep

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
3%
Estimated chance it was slight
97%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 18 June 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault Laguna

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    1,783 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 77, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Laguna)

    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 20043102B2633 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 2004.