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A1486 crash in Lincoln on 17 April 1997 at 21:51 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Toyota Celica were involved in a crash on the A1486 in Lincoln at 21:51 on Thursday 17 April 1997. The 31-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Apr 1997
Thursday, 21:51
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Toyota Celica
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.2192, longitude -0.54856, in the LN5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lincoln.

Map of where the crash happened in Lincoln

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199732D002927
Council area
Lincoln
Police force
Lincolnshire
Highway authority
Lincolnshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1486
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 19 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 October 2019.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,392 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Toyota Celica

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    2,759 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

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 199732D002927 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lincoln road accident statistics for 1997.