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A15 crash in Lincoln on 11 December 1998 at 00:15 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A15 in Lincoln at 00:15 on Friday 11 December 1998. The 20-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Dec 1998
Friday, 00:15
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.21297, longitude -0.54682, in the LN5 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Lincoln

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199832D010908
Council area
Lincoln
Police force
Lincolnshire
Highway authority
Lincolnshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
15
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
1434

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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 1 November 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,392 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 3: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 199832D010908 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.