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A607 crash in North Kesteven on 28 December 1996 at 07:00 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort crashed on the A607 in North Kesteven at 07:00 on Saturday 28 December 1996. The 24-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on an icy single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Dec 1996
Saturday, 07:00
Vehicles
1
Ford Escort
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.19378, longitude -0.5361, 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
199632D010036
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
Other
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 9 November 1980.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,392 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 199632D010036 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.