Serious A607 crash in North Kesteven on 12 December 1986 at 16:14 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A607 in North Kesteven at 16:14 on Friday 12 December 1986. The 59-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity: Serious
Date: 12 Dec 1986; Friday, 16:14
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198632E114586
Council area: North Kesteven
Police force: Lincolnshire

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 607
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 60 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Crossroads
Junction control: Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class: B
Second road number: 1178

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: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
East
Travelling to
West
Hit object off carriageway
Road sign or traffic signal
First point of impact
Nearside
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
59 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
South
Travelling to
North
Skidding and overturning
Skidded
Leaving the carriageway
Nearside
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
27 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Serious
Male, aged 59, 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 198632E114586 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Kesteven road accident statistics for 1986.