Unclassified road crash in West Lindsey LN2 on 6 November 1996 at 08:20 involving a BMW 3 Series
A BMW 3 Series and a Leyland National bus were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in West Lindsey at 08:20 on Wednesday 6 November 1996. A 16-year-old female passenger in the Leyland National bus, a 15-year-old male passenger in the Leyland National bus and a 16-year-old female passenger in the Leyland National bus were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Nov 1996
- Wednesday, 08:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 3 Series and Leyland National
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.24451, longitude -0.48731, in the LN2 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Lindsey
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199632E004696
- Council area
- West Lindsey
- Police force
- Lincolnshire
- Highway authority
- Lincolnshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- Wet or damp
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The nearest, 29 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 4 December 2018.
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Fatal
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,316 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Leyland National
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 16, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Leyland National)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 15, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Leyland National)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 16, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Leyland National)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated 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 199632E004696 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Lindsey road accident statistics for 1996.