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Serious A15 crash in Lincoln on 24 February 1998 at 11:03 involving an Austin Metro

An Austin Metro and an ERF lorry were involved in a crash on the A15 in Lincoln at 11:03 on Tuesday 24 February 1998. A 51-year-old female passenger in the Austin Metro was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
24 Feb 1998
Tuesday, 11:03
Vehicles
2
Austin Metro and ERF
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.22272, longitude -0.53496, in the LN5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lincoln.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199832D001648
Council area
Lincoln
Police force
Lincolnshire
Highway authority
Lincolnshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
15
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 12 August 2007.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: ERF

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    60 years
    Engine capacity
    13,930 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Metro)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 199832D001648 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 1998.