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Fatal M180 crash in North Lincolnshire on 17 July 1997 at 05:02 involving a Peugeot 306

A Peugeot 306 crashed on the M180 in North Lincolnshire at 05:02 on Thursday 17 July 1997. A 19-year-old male passenger was killed and the 24-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
17 Jul 1997
Thursday, 05:02
Vehicles
1
Peugeot 306
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.55495, longitude -0.70496, in the DN17 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Lincolnshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199716B320314
Council area
North Lincolnshire
Police force
Humberside

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
180
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 March 2008.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 306

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Fatal

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 306)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 306)

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 199716B320314 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Lincolnshire road accident statistics for 1997.