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A1115 crash in East Lindsey on 24 October 1985 at 16:40 involving a car

A car and a taxi were involved in a crash on the A1115 in East Lindsey at 16:40 on Thursday 24 October 1985. All five casualties were 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
24 Oct 1985
Thursday, 16:40
Vehicles
2
Car and taxi
Casualties
5
5 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.17973, longitude 0.10242, in the PE23 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Lindsey

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198532C100385
Council area
East Lindsey
Police force
Lincolnshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1115
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 78 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 November 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    79 years

  • Vehicle 2: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    30 years

Casualties (5)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 30, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (Taxi)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (Taxi)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (Taxi)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 74, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 79, 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 198532C100385 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 1985.