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Serious A18 crash in North East Lincolnshire on 18 March 1984 at 18:45 involving a car

A car crashed on the A18 in North East Lincolnshire at 18:45 on Sunday 18 March 1984. The 23-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
18 Mar 1984
Sunday, 18:45
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.54011, longitude -0.16198, in the DN37 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in North East Lincolnshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198416E030261
Council area
North East Lincolnshire
Police force
Humberside

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
18
Road type
Dual 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, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 54 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 July 1997.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bollard or refuge
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 23, 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 198416E030261 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North East Lincolnshire road accident statistics for 1984.