A38 crash in Bolsover on 10 December 2015 at 15:05 involving a Ford Mondeo
A Ford Mondeo and a Mercedes C Class were involved in a crash on the A38 in Bolsover at 15:05 on Thursday 10 December 2015. A 29-year-old female passenger in the Mercedes C Class was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Dec 2015
- Thursday, 15:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Mondeo and Mercedes C Class
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.09965, longitude -1.3255, 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
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015300017076
- 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
- Rural
- 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
- 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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 September 2001.
Slight
Car crash on the A38 in Bolsover, 23 September 2001
10 m awayRef 200130A000528
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A38 in Bolsover, 10 December 2000
10 m awayRef 200030A000771
Slight
Nissan Almera crash on the A38 in Bolsover, 11 October 2025
11 m awayRef 2025302501573
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A38 in Bolsover, 8 May 1999
14 m awayRef 199930A000267
Slight
MG TF crash on the A38 in Bolsover, 5 May 2008
14 m awayRef 200830A000230
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A38 in Bolsover, 22 October 2004
14 m awayRef 200430A000589
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes C Class)
- 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 2015300017076 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 2015.