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Unclassified road crash in South Kesteven NG31 on 19 November 1997 at 13:00 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Mercedes van were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in South Kesteven at 13:00 on Wednesday 19 November 1997. A 45-year-old female passenger in the Ford Escort was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Nov 1997
Wednesday, 13:00
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Mercedes
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.92646, longitude -0.66116, in the NG31 postcode district and within the built-up area of Grantham.

Map of where the crash happened in South Kesteven

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199732B010877
Council area
South Kesteven
Police force
Lincolnshire
Highway authority
Lincolnshire

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
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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, 128 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 February 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    3,972 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 199732B010877 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.