A151 crash in South Holland on 3 December 1996 at 11:25 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Mazda MX-3 were involved in a crash on the A151 in South Holland at 11:25 on Tuesday 3 December 1996. The 22-year-old male driver of the Mazda MX-3 and a 43-year-old female passenger in the Mazda MX-3 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Dec 1996
- Tuesday, 11:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Mazda MX-3
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.79494, longitude -0.1409, in the PE11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Spalding.
Map of where the crash happened in South Holland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199632A009396
- Council area
- South Holland
- Police force
- Lincolnshire
- Highway authority
- Lincolnshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 151
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 December 1994.
Slight
Land Rover 110 crash on the A151 in South Holland, 13 December 1994
22 m awayRef 199432A010414
Serious
Suzuki Vitara crash on the A151 in South Holland, 4 August 2025
28 m awayRef 2025320457422
Slight
Car crash on a C road in South Holland, 8 January 1987
28 m awayRef 198732A002287
Slight
Car crash on the A1106 in South Holland, 5 January 1989
30 m awayRef 198932A001389
Slight
Car crash on the A1106 in South Holland, 1 April 1987
32 m awayRef 198732A036587
Slight
Car crash on the A1106 in South Holland, 22 May 1984
32 m awayRef 198432A054784
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,700 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Mazda MX-3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,845 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mazda MX-3)
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mazda MX-3)
- 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 199632A009396 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 1996.