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Serious C road crash in South Kesteven PE6 on 11 December 1982 at 19:00 involving a motor scooter

A motor scooter and a car were involved in a crash on a C road in South Kesteven at 19:00 on Saturday 11 December 1982. The 18-year-old male rider of the motor scooter was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
11 Dec 1982
Saturday, 19:00
Vehicles
2
Motor scooter and car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.68822, longitude -0.30893, in the PE6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in South Kesteven

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198232B150282
Council area
South Kesteven
Police force
Lincolnshire

Road and location details

First road class
C
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
Dark, no street lighting
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 11 March 1979.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motor scooter

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Submerged in water
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 1 (Motor scooter)

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 198232B150282 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Kesteven road accident statistics for 1982.