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Serious A1073 crash in South Holland on 20 December 1998 at 02:20 involving a Ford Escort

A lorry and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A1073 in South Holland at 02:20 on Sunday 20 December 1998. The 18-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort was seriously 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
Serious
Date
20 Dec 1998
Sunday, 02:20
Vehicles
2
Lorry and Ford Escort
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.69636, longitude -0.13252, in the PE6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in South Holland

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199832A010938
Council area
South Holland
Police force
Lincolnshire
Highway authority
Lincolnshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1073
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 18 June 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 199832A010938 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Holland road accident statistics for 1998.