Fatal B1189 crash in North Kesteven on 1 May 1999 at 13:22 involving a Volkswagen
A Volkswagen and a Cagiva motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B1189 in North Kesteven at 13:22 on Saturday 1 May 1999. The 17-year-old male rider of the Cagiva motorcycle was killed.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 1 May 1999
- Saturday, 13:22
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen and Cagiva
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 killed
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.12289, longitude -0.34764, in the LN4 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Kesteven
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199932B004849
- Council area
- North Kesteven
- Police force
- Lincolnshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Lincolnshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1189
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 February 2014.
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on the B1189 in North Kesteven, 18 February 2014
5 m awayRef 201432N062414
Serious
Honda Jazz crash on the B1189 in North Kesteven, 18 October 2024
6 m awayRef 2024320623489
Serious
Mercedes C Class crash on the B1189 in North Kesteven, 12 December 2025
6 m awayRef 2025320725483
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on the B1198 in North Kesteven, 17 August 2017
6 m awayRef 2017320352739
Serious
Peugeot 406 crash on the B1189 in North Kesteven, 24 January 2004
10 m awayRef 200432B009404
Serious
Citroen Berlingo crash on the B1189 in North Kesteven, 16 August 2008
10 m awayRef 200832D238008
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen
Other vehicle
- Towing and articulation
- Single trailer
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
Vehicle 2: Cagiva
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Road sign or traffic signal
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
FatalMale, aged 17, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Cagiva)
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 199932B004849 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Kesteven road accident statistics for 1999.