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A38 crash in Ashfield on 6 December 2017 at 16:23 involving a van

A van hit a pedestrian on the A38 in Ashfield at 16:23 on Wednesday 6 December 2017. An 11-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Dec 2017
Wednesday, 16:23
Vehicles
1
Van
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.13294, longitude -1.23317, 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
201731A255217
Council area
Ashfield
Police force
Nottinghamshire
Police attended the scene
No
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
Dark, street lights lit
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
8%
Estimated chance it was slight
92%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 July 1984.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    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
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 11, hit by vehicle 1 (Van)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

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 201731A255217 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 2017.