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A607 crash in North Kesteven on 23 May 1996 at 21:19 involving an Austin Montego

An Austin Montego and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A607 in North Kesteven at 21:19 on Thursday 23 May 1996. The 25-year-old male driver of the Austin Montego and the 23-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 May 1996
Thursday, 21:19
Vehicles
2
Austin Montego and Ford Escort
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.19199, longitude -0.53616, in the LN4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bracebridge Heath.

Map of where the crash happened in North Kesteven

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199632D003736
Council area
North Kesteven
Police force
Lincolnshire
Highway authority
Lincolnshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
607
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, 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 13 March 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Montego

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,296 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Montego)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

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 199632D003736 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Kesteven road accident statistics for 1996.