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Serious B1188 crash in North Kesteven on 19 January 1998 at 07:21 involving a Rover Metro

A vehicle and a Rover Metro were involved in a crash on the B1188 in North Kesteven at 07:21 on Monday 19 January 1998. The 18-year-old male driver of the Rover Metro was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
19 Jan 1998
Monday, 07:21
Vehicles
2
Vehicle and Rover Metro
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.1411, longitude -0.41604, in the LN4 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Kesteven

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199832D000468
Council area
North Kesteven
Police force
Lincolnshire
Highway authority
Lincolnshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1188
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
1202

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining, 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 25 January 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1

    Vehicle type not recorded

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver age
    40 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,118 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover Metro)

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 199832D000468 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Kesteven road accident statistics for 1998.