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Serious A16 crash in South Holland on 11 December 1996 at 16:45 involving a Rover 200 Series

A Rover 200 Series and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A16 in South Holland at 16:45 on Wednesday 11 December 1996. A 23-year-old female passenger on the motorcycle was seriously injured and the 31-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
11 Dec 1996
Wednesday, 16:45
Vehicles
2
Rover 200 Series and motorcycle
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.77499, longitude -0.1588, in the PE11 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in South Holland

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199632A009796
Council area
South Holland
Police force
Lincolnshire
Highway authority
Lincolnshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
16
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry
Carriageway hazards
Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 7 October 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 3: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 23, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

    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 199632A009796 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.