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Unclassified road crash in East Lindsey PE25 on 19 October 1980 at 15:00 involving a van

A van and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in East Lindsey at 15:00 on Sunday 19 October 1980. The 15-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Oct 1980
Sunday, 15:00
Vehicles
2
Van and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.1476, longitude 0.3313, in the PE25 postcode district and within the built-up area of Skegness.

Map of where the crash happened in East Lindsey

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198032C091080
Council area
East Lindsey
Police force
Lincolnshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 December 2025.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    15 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 15, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 198032C091080 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Lindsey road accident statistics for 1980.