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Serious A38 crash in Bolsover on 28 May 2013 at 12:00 involving a Suzuki Ignis

A lorry and a Suzuki Ignis were involved in a crash on the A38 in Bolsover at 12:00 on Tuesday 28 May 2013. A 78-year-old female passenger in the Suzuki Ignis was seriously injured and the 80-year-old male driver of the Suzuki Ignis was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
28 May 2013
Tuesday, 12:00
Vehicles
2
Lorry and Suzuki Ignis
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.09936, longitude -1.32565, in the NG16 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the South Normanton West, Bolsover, DE55 2GG area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Bolsover

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2013300000503
Council area
Bolsover
Police force
Derbyshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
38
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 July 2014.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years

  • Vehicle 2: Suzuki Ignis

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    80 years
    Engine capacity
    1,328 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 80, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Suzuki Ignis)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 78, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Suzuki Ignis)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 2013300000503 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bolsover road accident statistics for 2013.