B1188 crash in North Kesteven on 9 May 1998 at 13:31 involving a Vauxhall Belmont
A Vauxhall Belmont and a Mercedes E Class were involved in a crash on the B1188 in North Kesteven at 13:31 on Saturday 9 May 1998. A 29-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Belmont was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 May 1998
- Saturday, 13:31
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Belmont and Mercedes E Class
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.14109, longitude -0.41589, in the LN4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Metheringham.
Map of where the crash happened in North Kesteven
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199832D003738
- 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 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 26 February 2024.
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the B1188 in North Kesteven, 26 February 2024
1 m awayRef 2024320116107
Slight
BMW 7 Series crash on the B1188 in North Kesteven, 29 May 2021
1 m awayRef 2021320297212
Serious
Peugeot 508 crash on the B1188 in North Kesteven, 19 July 2023
2 m awayRef 2023320447008
Slight
Fiat Stilo crash on the B1188 in North Kesteven, 20 September 2014
3 m awayRef 2014320044972
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B1188 in North Kesteven, 23 September 2025
4 m awayRef 2025320561288
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B1188 in North Kesteven, 27 January 2024
4 m awayRef 2024320053791
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Belmont
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Mercedes E Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 77 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,799 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Belmont)
- 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 199832D003738 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.