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Unclassified road crash in North East Lincolnshire DN31 on 6 March 1997 at 08:30 involving a Rover Metro

A Rover Metro and a Rover Maestro were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in North East Lincolnshire at 08:30 on Thursday 6 March 1997. The 23-year-old female driver of the Rover Metro was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Mar 1997
Thursday, 08:30
Vehicles
2
Rover Metro and Rover Maestro
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.57286, longitude -0.11767, in the DN31 postcode district and within the built-up area of Grimsby.

Map of where the crash happened in North East Lincolnshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199716A210130
Council area
North East Lincolnshire
Police force
Humberside

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 67 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 November 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover Maestro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Metro)

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 199716A210130 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North East Lincolnshire road accident statistics for 1997.