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Serious A156 crash in West Lindsey on 15 August 1990 at 15:40 involving a lorry

A lorry, two cars and another vehicle were involved in a crash on the A156 in West Lindsey at 15:40 on Wednesday 15 August 1990. The 30-year-old male driver of vehicle 4 was seriously injured and the 44-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Aug 1990
Wednesday, 15:40
Vehicles
4
Lorry and 3 others
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.34188, longitude -0.75333, in the DN21 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in West Lindsey

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199032E055890
Council area
West Lindsey
Police force
Lincolnshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
156
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Human crossing control by other authorised person

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 36 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 October 2011.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    44 years

  • Vehicle 3: Other vehicle

    Towing and articulation
    Single trailer
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years

  • Vehicle 4: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 44, 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 199032E055890 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.