Unclassified road crash in West Lindsey DN21 on 23 December 1993 at 15:07 involving a Ford Escort
A Ford Escort and an Austin Maestro were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in West Lindsey at 15:07 on Thursday 23 December 1993. A 6-year-old female passenger in the Austin Maestro was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Dec 1993
- Thursday, 15:07
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Escort and Austin Maestro
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.39049, longitude -0.75943, in the DN21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Gainsborough.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199332E007233
- Council area
- West Lindsey
- Police force
- Lincolnshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Wet or damp
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
Vehicle 2: Austin Maestro
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,275 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 6, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Maestro)
- 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 199332E007233 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 1993.