B6018 crash in Ashfield on 7 March 2015 at 12:13 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Ford KA were involved in a crash on the B6018 in Ashfield at 12:13 on Saturday 7 March 2015. The 43-year-old female driver of the Ford KA was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Mar 2015
- Saturday, 12:13
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Ford KA
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.10937, longitude -1.26746, in the NG17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kirkby-in-Ashfield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Leamington, Ashfield, NG17 5BE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Ashfield
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201531A047115
- Council area
- Ashfield
- Police force
- Nottinghamshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Nottinghamshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6018
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 15 October 2021.
Slight
Nissan Qashqai crash on the B6018 in Ashfield, 15 October 2021
1 m awayRef 2021311104009
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B6018 in Ashfield, 23 December 2012
2 m awayRef 201231A281912
Serious
Lexmoto LS crash on the B6018 in Ashfield, 11 November 2025
4 m awayRef 2025311666985
Slight
Peugeot Speedfight crash on the B6018 in Ashfield, 5 June 2014
4 m awayRef 201431A109514
Slight
Optare Excel crash on the B6018 in Ashfield, 21 November 2007
5 m awayRef 20073102A3848
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B6018 in Ashfield, 1 March 1989
5 m awayRef 1989317G80356
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Ford KA
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford KA)
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 201531A047115 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 2015.