A1 crash in South Kesteven on 27 June 1997 at 12:20 involving a Volkswagen Passat
A Volkswagen Passat crashed on the A1 in South Kesteven at 12:20 on Friday 27 June 1997. A 31-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Jun 1997
- Friday, 12:20
- Vehicles
- 1
- Volkswagen Passat
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.9534, longitude -0.68266, in the NG32 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199732B005387
- Council area
- South Kesteven
- Police force
- Lincolnshire
- Highway authority
- Lincolnshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 30 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 11 July 1982.
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A1 in South Kesteven, 11 July 1982
30 m awayRef 198232B073182
Serious
Car crash on the A1 in South Kesteven, 2 January 1981
30 m awayRef 198132B000381
Slight
Ford Ecosport crash on the A1 in South Kesteven, 25 November 2025
36 m awayRef 2025320691428
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A1 in South Kesteven, 6 December 2024
40 m awayRef 2024320724813
Slight
Suzuki Grand Vitara crash on the A1 in South Kesteven, 6 July 2025
44 m awayRef 2025320394126
Serious
HGV crash on the A1 in South Kesteven, 8 February 2012
72 m awayRef 201232N037212
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Passat
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Entered ditch
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,781 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Passat)
- Car passenger
- Front seat 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 199732B005387 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Kesteven road accident statistics for 1997.