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A631 crash in West Lindsey on 6 April 1983 at 12:50 involving a lorry

A lorry crashed on the A631 in West Lindsey at 12:50 on Wednesday 6 April 1983. The 31-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Apr 1983
Wednesday, 12:50
Vehicles
1
Lorry
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.39444, longitude -0.55178, in the LN8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in West Lindsey

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198332D050883
Council area
West Lindsey
Police force
Lincolnshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
631
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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 17 August 1997.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Lorry)

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 198332D050883 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Lindsey road accident statistics for 1983.