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Unclassified road crash in Lincoln LN5 on 26 December 1998 at 18:36 involving a Rover Montego taxi

A Rover Montego taxi and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Lincoln at 18:36 on Saturday 26 December 1998. The 59-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra and a 15-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Astra were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine but windy weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Dec 1998
Saturday, 18:36
Vehicles
2
Rover Montego and Vauxhall Astra
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.22037, longitude -0.54118, in the LN5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lincoln.

Map of where the crash happened in Lincoln

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199832D011358
Council area
Lincoln
Police force
Lincolnshire
Highway authority
Lincolnshire

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 January 1981.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover Montego

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,994 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    59 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)

    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 199832D011358 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.