A607 crash in South Kesteven on 20 July 1987 at 18:18 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle crashed on the A607 in South Kesteven at 18:18 on Monday 20 July 1987. The 19-year-old male rider was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Jul 1987
- Monday, 18:18
- Vehicles
- 1
- Motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.90137, longitude -0.65242, in the NG31 postcode district and within the built-up area of Grantham.
Map of where the crash happened in South Kesteven
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198732B080587
- Council area
- South Kesteven
- Police force
- Lincolnshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 607
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 30 October 2007.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A607 in South Kesteven, 30 October 2007
At the same spotRef 200732B359507
Serious
Lambretta crash on the A607 in South Kesteven, 14 April 2010
At the same spotRef 201032B109610
Serious
Mini Cooper crash on the A607 in South Kesteven, 11 May 2024
4 m awayRef 2024320274882
Slight
Honda CR-V crash on the A607 in South Kesteven, 11 October 2025
8 m awayRef 2025320597960
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A607 in South Kesteven, 19 October 2005
10 m awayRef 200532B062905
Slight
Peugeot 406 crash on the A607 in South Kesteven, 13 September 2003
10 m awayRef 200332B154203
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 19, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
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 198732B080587 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Kesteven road accident statistics for 1987.