A38 crash in Ashfield on 7 May 2014 at 08:22 involving a Volkswagen Golf
A Volkswagen Golf and a Land Rover Discovery were involved in a crash on the A38 in Ashfield at 08:22 on Wednesday 7 May 2014. The 22-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Golf and a 49-year-old male passenger in the Land Rover Discovery were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 May 2014
- Wednesday, 08:22
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Golf and Land Rover Discovery
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.11122, longitude -1.30086, 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 Huthwaite & Brierley, Ashfield, NG17 1JG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Ashfield
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201431A083614
- 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
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 6027
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 September 2014.
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A38 in Ashfield, 21 September 2014
7 m awayRef 201431A223114
Slight
Car crash on the A38 in Ashfield, 28 May 1979
9 m awayRef 1979312200845
Slight
Car crash on the A38 in Ashfield, 18 May 1979
9 m awayRef 1979312210799
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A38 in Ashfield, 13 October 2025
11 m awayRef 2025311666782
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A38 in Ashfield, 18 April 2008
14 m awayRef 20083102A0939
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A38 in Ashfield, 4 September 1991
14 m awayRef 1991317G81392
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,900 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Land Rover Discovery
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,495 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 19 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Land Rover Discovery)
- 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 201431A083614 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 2014.