Serious A16 crash in East Lindsey on 26 July 1992 at 10:40 involving a Zastava Yugo
A Zastava Yugo and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A16 in East Lindsey at 10:40 on Sunday 26 July 1992. There were four casualties: two people were seriously injured and two were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 26 Jul 1992
- Sunday, 10:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Zastava Yugo and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 4
- 2 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.47837, longitude -0.0667, in the DN36 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in East Lindsey
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199232C051092
- Council area
- East Lindsey
- Police force
- Lincolnshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 16
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 6 October 1985.
Serious
Car crash on the A16 in East Lindsey, 6 October 1985
At the same spotRef 198532C095085
Slight
Kawasaki crash on the A16 in East Lindsey, 30 May 1992
At the same spotRef 199232C032792
Serious
Yamaha Nmax 125 (GPD125-A) crash on the A16 in East Lindsey, 18 November 2025
6 m awayRef 2025320677139
Serious
Kawasaki crash on the A16 in East Lindsey, 7 March 2010
14 m awayRef 201032C074010
Slight
Car crash on the A16 in East Lindsey, 28 June 2012
32 m awayRef 201232E175912
Fatal
Renault Clio crash on the A16 in East Lindsey, 13 November 2025
43 m awayRef 2025320666661
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Zastava Yugo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,116 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,118 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Zastava Yugo)
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Zastava Yugo)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 199232C051092 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Lindsey road accident statistics for 1992.