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Serious C road crash in North Kesteven on 20 December 1986 at 06:00 involving a van

A van crashed on a C road in North Kesteven at 06:00 on Saturday 20 December 1986. There were eleven casualties: four people were seriously injured and seven were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
20 Dec 1986
Saturday, 06:00
Vehicles
1
Van
Casualties
11
4 seriously injured, 7 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198632E117986
Council area
North Kesteven
Police force
Lincolnshire

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    39 years

Casualties (11)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 39, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 37, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 15, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 46, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 46, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 46, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 7: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 39, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 8: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 38, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 9: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 27, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 10: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 33, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 11: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 58, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

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 198632E117986 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.