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Serious A156 crash in West Lindsey on 13 January 1998 at 18:50 involving a Rover 200 Series

A Rover 200 Series hit a pedestrian on the A156 in West Lindsey at 18:50 on Tuesday 13 January 1998. A 51-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
13 Jan 1998
Tuesday, 18:50
Vehicles
1
Rover 200 Series
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.38971, longitude -0.77148, in the DN21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Gainsborough.

Map of where the crash happened in West Lindsey

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199832E000188
Council area
West Lindsey
Police force
Lincolnshire
Highway authority
Lincolnshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
156
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights unlit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Carriageway hazards
Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 8 July 1995.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 51, hit by vehicle 1 (Rover 200 Series)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 199832E000188 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Lindsey road accident statistics for 1998.