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Serious C road crash in North Kesteven LN4 on 10 October 1996 at 07:48 involving a Vauxhall Astra

Two Vauxhall Astras were involved in a crash on a C road in North Kesteven at 07:48 on Thursday 10 October 1996. The 20-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
10 Oct 1996
Thursday, 07:48
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and another
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.18914, longitude -0.52428, 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
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199632D007406
Council area
North Kesteven
Police force
Lincolnshire
Highway authority
Lincolnshire

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a fatal crash on 13 November 1979.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)

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 199632D007406 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.