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A15 crash in Lincoln on 26 June 1979 at 17:00 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a van were involved in a crash on the A15 in Lincoln at 17:00 on Tuesday 26 June 1979. The 44-year-old male rider of the motorcycle 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
26 Jun 1979
Tuesday, 17:00
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and van
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.23746, longitude -0.53535, in the LN2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lincoln.

Map of where the crash happened in Lincoln

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197932D093079
Council area
Lincoln
Police force
Lincolnshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
15
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 12 December 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 44, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

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 197932D093079 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lincoln road accident statistics for 1979.