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Serious A46 crash in North Kesteven on 9 December 1991 at 09:06 involving an Austin Metro

A van, an Austin Metro and another vehicle were involved in a crash on the A46 in North Kesteven at 09:06 on Monday 9 December 1991. The 17-year-old male driver of the Austin Metro was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fog or mist on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
9 Dec 1991
Monday, 09:06
Vehicles
3
Austin Metro and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.23448, longitude -0.59389, in the LN6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Kesteven

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199132D090791
Council area
North Kesteven
Police force
Lincolnshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
46
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fog or mist
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 37 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 March 2020.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    56 years

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Hit object off carriageway
    Central crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 3

    Vehicle type not recorded

    First point of impact
    Did not impact

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Metro)

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 199132D090791 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 1991.