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Serious A1073 crash in South Holland on 27 December 1994 at 19:58 involving a Scania lorry

Two Scania lorries were involved in a crash on the A1073 in South Holland at 19:58 on Tuesday 27 December 1994. The 44-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
27 Dec 1994
Tuesday, 19:58
Vehicles
2
Scania and another
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.74495, longitude -0.13488, in the PE12 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in South Holland

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199432A010994
Council area
South Holland
Police force
Lincolnshire
Highway authority
Lincolnshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1073
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
1357

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 20 September 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Scania

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Jackknifed
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years

  • Vehicle 2: Scania

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 44, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Scania)

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 199432A010994 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Holland road accident statistics for 1994.