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Serious B1201 crash in East Lindsey on 17 October 1980 at 17:25 involving a car

A car crashed on the B1201 in East Lindsey at 17:25 on Friday 17 October 1980. The 18-year-old female driver was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
17 Oct 1980
Friday, 17:25
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.47299, longitude -0.0127, in the DN36 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Lindsey

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198032C091680
Council area
East Lindsey
Police force
Lincolnshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1201
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
70 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 with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 136 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 January 2021.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    18 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 198032C091680 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.