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Serious A1104 crash in East Lindsey on 13 August 1996 at 13:45 involving a Volkswagen Passat

A Volkswagen Passat and an Austin Metro were involved in a crash on the A1104 in East Lindsey at 13:45 on Tuesday 13 August 1996. The 23-year-old female driver of the Austin Metro and a 63-year-old female passenger in the Austin Metro were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
13 Aug 1996
Tuesday, 13:45
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Passat and Austin Metro
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.24992, longitude 0.14933, in the LN13 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Lindsey

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199632C005706
Council area
East Lindsey
Police force
Lincolnshire
Highway authority
Lincolnshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1104
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
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 5 February 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Passat

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    57 years
    Engine capacity
    1,900 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Metro)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Metro)

    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 199632C005706 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 1996.