A631 crash in West Lindsey on 31 August 1998 at 09:32 involving a Suzuki motorcycle
A Suzuki motorcycle and an Austin Metro were involved in a crash on the A631 in West Lindsey at 09:32 on Monday 31 August 1998. The 31-year-old male rider of the Suzuki motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Aug 1998
- Monday, 09:32
- Vehicles
- 2
- Suzuki and Austin Metro
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.39252, longitude -0.77306, 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
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199832E003568
- Council area
- West Lindsey
- Police force
- Lincolnshire
- Highway authority
- Lincolnshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 631
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 159
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 12 December 1989.
Slight
Minibus crash on the A159 in West Lindsey, 12 December 1989
At the same spotRef 198932E085889
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A631 in West Lindsey, 18 February 2005
At the same spotRef 200532D020905
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A631 in West Lindsey, 27 April 1982
At the same spotRef 198232D062482
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A159 in West Lindsey, 11 October 1990
At the same spotRef 199032E070390
Slight
Honda Jazz crash on the A631 in West Lindsey, 25 September 2013
3 m awayRef 201332L358013
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the A631 in West Lindsey, 31 October 2025
6 m awayRef 2025320639710
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki
Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,074 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Austin Metro
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 4: Rider
SlightMale, aged 31, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Suzuki)
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 199832E003568 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.