A38 crash in Ashfield on 17 December 2013 at 14:00 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
Four vehicles, including a Vauxhall Corsa and a Volkswagen Bora, were involved in a crash on the A38 in Ashfield at 14:00 on Tuesday 17 December 2013. The 34-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa, an 83-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Bora and an 84-year-old male passenger in the Volkswagen Bora were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Dec 2013
- Tuesday, 14:00
- Vehicles
- 4
- Vauxhall Corsa and 3 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.13308, longitude -1.23261, in the NG17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sutton in Ashfield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Grange Farm, Mansfield, NG18 5HW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Ashfield
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201331A267713
- Council area
- Ashfield
- Police force
- Nottinghamshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Nottinghamshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 38
- Road type
- Dual 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, 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
- 24%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 76%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 10 November 2023.
Slight
Alexander Dennis crash on the A38 in Ashfield, 10 November 2023
1 m awayRef 2023311373280
Slight
Alexander Dennis crash on the A38 in Ashfield, 15 December 2023
4 m awayRef 2023311389049
Slight
Bus crash on the A38 in Ashfield, 4 February 1991
12 m awayRef 1991317G20074
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A38 in Ashfield, 24 November 2001
14 m awayRef 20013102A1031
Serious
Nissan X-Trail crash on the A38 in Ashfield, 23 November 2015
14 m awayRef 201531A286315
Slight
Bus crash on the A38 in Ashfield, 13 March 2013
15 m awayRef 201331A038113
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
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
- Female
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,364 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Bora
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
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
Vehicle 4: Bus or coach
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 83, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Bora)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 84, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Bora)
- 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 201331A267713 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 2013.