A38 crash in Ashfield on 21 September 2014 at 11:35 involving a Ford Mondeo
A Ford Mondeo and a Volkswagen Passat were involved in a crash on the A38 in Ashfield at 11:35 on Sunday 21 September 2014. The 41-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Passat was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Sep 2014
- Sunday, 11:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Mondeo and Volkswagen Passat
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.11127, longitude -1.30092, 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
- 201431A223114
- 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
- 50 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
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 May 1979.
Slight
Car crash on the A38 in Ashfield, 28 May 1979
3 m awayRef 1979312200845
Slight
Car crash on the A38 in Ashfield, 18 May 1979
3 m awayRef 1979312210799
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A38 in Ashfield, 7 May 2014
7 m awayRef 201431A083614
Serious
Car crash on the A38 in Ashfield, 13 June 1981
11 m awayRef 1981312211068
Slight
Car crash on the A38 in Ashfield, 20 May 1981
13 m awayRef 1981312210950
Slight
Mercedes crash on the B6027 in Ashfield, 13 May 2012
14 m awayRef 201231A087812
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Passat
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Passat)
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 201431A223114 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.