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A17 crash in South Holland on 9 March 1997 at 12:59 involving a Reliant Rialto

A Reliant Rialto crashed on the A17 in South Holland at 12:59 on Sunday 9 March 1997. The 66-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Mar 1997
Sunday, 12:59
Vehicles
1
Reliant Rialto
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.76812, longitude 0.19223, in the PE12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sutton Bridge.

Map of where the crash happened in South Holland

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199732A002017
Council area
South Holland
Police force
Lincolnshire
Highway authority
Lincolnshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
17
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 slight injury crash on 20 April 1986.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Reliant Rialto

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    66 years
    Engine capacity
    848 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 66, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Reliant Rialto)

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 199732A002017 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Holland road accident statistics for 1997.