A631 crash in West Lindsey on 26 March 1990 at 15:10 involving a Citroen BX
A Citroen BX and a Vauxhall were involved in a crash on the A631 in West Lindsey at 15:10 on Monday 26 March 1990. The 37-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Mar 1990
- Monday, 15:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen BX and Vauxhall
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.39261, longitude -0.77305, in the DN21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Gainsborough.
Map of where the crash happened in West Lindsey
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199032E020390
- Council area
- West Lindsey
- Police force
- Lincolnshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 631
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 159
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
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 January 2007.
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A631 in West Lindsey, 19 January 2007
At the same spotRef 200732D018407
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A631 in West Lindsey, 15 July 2001
At the same spotRef 200132D088501
Serious
Car crash on the A159 in West Lindsey, 11 June 1989
At the same spotRef 198932E034189
Slight
Ford Transit Connect crash on the A631 in West Lindsey, 30 July 2018
4 m awayRef 2018320359639
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the A631 in West Lindsey, 31 October 2025
4 m awayRef 2025320639710
Slight
Volkswagen Touareg crash on the A159 in West Lindsey, 14 March 2018
6 m awayRef 2018320116765
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen BX
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,905 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,584 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall)
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 199032E020390 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Lindsey road accident statistics for 1990.