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Serious B1189 crash in North Kesteven on 14 November 1997 at 09:30 involving a Skoda Favorit

A Skoda Favorit and a Honda VF400F motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B1189 in North Kesteven at 09:30 on Friday 14 November 1997. The 37-year-old male driver of the Skoda Favorit was seriously injured and the 38-year-old male rider of the Honda VF400F motorcycle 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
Serious
Date
14 Nov 1997
Friday, 09:30
Vehicles
2
Skoda Favorit and Honda VF400F
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.08075, longitude -0.28463, in the LN4 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Kesteven

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199732B010467
Council area
North Kesteven
Police force
Lincolnshire
Highway authority
Lincolnshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1189
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 82 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 April 2009.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Skoda Favorit

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,289 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda VF400F

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    399 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Skoda Favorit)

  • Casualty 3: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 38, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Honda VF400F)

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 199732B010467 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Kesteven road accident statistics for 1997.