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Serious B1373 crash in East Lindsey on 13 December 1985 at 13:25 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the B1373 in East Lindsey at 13:25 on Friday 13 December 1985. A 70-year-old male passenger in vehicle 1 was seriously injured and the 63-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and the 57-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 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
Serious
Date
13 Dec 1985
Friday, 13:25
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.30286, longitude 0.15499, in the LN13 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Lindsey

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198532C120485
Council area
East Lindsey
Police force
Lincolnshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1373
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, 103 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 November 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 198532C120485 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.