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A18 crash in North Lincolnshire on 14 October 1998 at 07:15 involving a Mercedes lorry

A Mercedes lorry and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A18 in North Lincolnshire at 07:15 on Wednesday 14 October 1998. The 21-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Oct 1998
Wednesday, 07:15
Vehicles
2
Mercedes and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.58685, longitude -0.72906, in the DN15 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Lincolnshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199816B110458
Council area
North Lincolnshire
Police force
Humberside

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
18
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 8 May 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

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 199816B110458 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Lincolnshire road accident statistics for 1998.