A1104 crash in East Lindsey on 3 September 1997 at 22:15 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa, a BMW 3 Series and a Renault were involved in a crash on the A1104 in East Lindsey at 22:15 on Wednesday 3 September 1997. The 20-year-old male driver of the BMW 3 Series was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Sep 1997
- Wednesday, 22:15
- Vehicles
- 3
- Vauxhall Corsa and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.24908, longitude 0.14629, in the LN13 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in East Lindsey
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199732C006417
- Council area
- East Lindsey
- Police force
- Lincolnshire
- Highway authority
- Lincolnshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1104
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 28 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 December 2025.
Slight
Suzuki Swift crash on the A1104 in East Lindsey, 21 December 2025
28 m awayRef 2025320744970
Slight
Volvo 440 crash on the B1104 in East Lindsey, 25 May 1999
100 m awayRef 199932C004419
Serious
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A1104 in East Lindsey, 16 December 2020
122 m awayRef 2020320663046
Slight
Volvo XC90 crash on the A1104 in East Lindsey, 18 January 2014
140 m awayRef 201432E020614
Slight
Car crash on the A1104 in East Lindsey, 24 November 1981
200 m awayRef 198132C101681
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A1104 in East Lindsey, 8 May 2001
200 m awayRef 200132C057701
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,488 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,766 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 3: Renault
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)
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 199732C006417 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Lindsey road accident statistics for 1997.