B1398 crash in West Lindsey on 27 December 1990 at 21:15 involving a Saab 900
A Saab 900 crashed on the B1398 in West Lindsey at 21:15 on Thursday 27 December 1990. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Dec 1990
- Thursday, 21:15
- Vehicles
- 1
- Saab 900
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.44963, longitude -0.58152, in the DN21 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Lindsey
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199032E096090
- Council area
- West Lindsey
- Police force
- Lincolnshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1398
- 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
- Fine with high winds
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 8 April 1988.
Serious
Car crash on the B1398 in West Lindsey, 8 April 1988
At the same spotRef 198832E032688
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B1398 in West Lindsey, 28 February 2018
105 m awayRef 2018320095572
Slight
Vauxhall Tigra crash on the A15 in West Lindsey, 13 December 2001
110 m awayRef 200132D170601
Serious
Ford Transit crash on the B1398 in West Lindsey, 8 February 2024
117 m awayRef 2024320080481
Slight
MG ZR crash on the B1398 in West Lindsey, 29 August 2011
158 m awayRef 201132L249111
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the B1398 in West Lindsey, 15 August 2007
196 m awayRef 200732D263407
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Saab 900
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,985 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Saab 900)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 13, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Saab 900)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Saab 900)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Saab 900)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
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 199032E096090 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.