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A158 crash in West Lindsey on 3 June 1998 at 08:00 involving a Ford Transit van

A Ford Transit van and a Ford Sierra were involved in a crash on the A158 in West Lindsey at 08:00 on Wednesday 3 June 1998. The 49-year-old male driver of the Ford Sierra and a 30-year-old female passenger in the Ford Sierra were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Jun 1998
Wednesday, 08:00
Vehicles
2
Ford Transit and Ford Sierra
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.28442, longitude -0.38449, in the LN3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in West Lindsey

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199832E002748
Council area
West Lindsey
Police force
Lincolnshire
Highway authority
Lincolnshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
158
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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, 18 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 October 2024.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    1,593 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Sierra)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Sierra)

    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 199832E002748 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.