A17 crash in North Kesteven on 1 July 1999 at 21:11 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Vauxhall Cavalier were involved in a crash on the A17 in North Kesteven at 21:11 on Thursday 1 July 1999. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Jul 1999
- Thursday, 21:11
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Vauxhall Cavalier
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.98401, longitude -0.23079, in the PE20 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Kesteven
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199932B007759
- Council area
- North Kesteven
- Police force
- Lincolnshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Lincolnshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 17
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 27 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 December 2018.
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A17 in North Kesteven, 7 December 2018
27 m awayRef 2018320591881
Slight
Renault 5 crash on the B1395 in North Kesteven, 29 November 1994
76 m awayRef 199432B010894
Serious
Car crash on the A17 in North Kesteven, 22 June 1979
76 m awayRef 197932B064479
Fatal
Car crash on the A17 in North Kesteven, 16 March 1988
76 m awayRef 198832B034988
Slight
Renault Kadjar crash on the A17 in North Kesteven, 18 December 2024
90 m awayRef 2024320749561
Slight
Car crash on the A17 in North Kesteven, 28 June 1985
99 m awayRef 198532B075885
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,389 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
Casualty 4: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)
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 199932B007759 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.