Serious B6043 crash in South Kesteven on 14 May 2001 at 14:09 involving a Volkswagen Golf
A Volkswagen Golf, a Vauxhall Vectra and a Massey Ferguson agricultural vehicle were involved in a crash on the B6043 in South Kesteven at 14:09 on Monday 14 May 2001. A 32-year-old male passenger in the Volkswagen Golf and the 31-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Vectra were seriously injured and the 20-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Golf was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 14 May 2001
- Monday, 14:09
- Vehicles
- 3
- Volkswagen Golf and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.84129, longitude -0.60586, in the NG33 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in South Kesteven
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200132B059901
- Council area
- South Kesteven
- Police force
- Lincolnshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Lincolnshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6043
- 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
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, 159 metres away, was a fatal crash on 29 September 2015.
Fatal
Renault Kangoo crash on the B6403 in South Kesteven, 29 September 2015
159 m awayRef 2015320099530
Slight
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Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B6403 in South Kesteven, 3 June 2018
498 m awayRef 2018320254020
Slight
Car crash on the B6403 in South Kesteven, 2 February 1990
510 m awayRef 199032B013290
Slight
Car crash on the B6403 in South Kesteven, 19 June 1981
510 m awayRef 198132B064081
Slight
Austin Morris Mini crash on an unclassified road in South Kesteven, 31 July 1994
510 m awayRef 199432B006264
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,595 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 3: Massey Ferguson
Agricultural vehicle
- Towing and articulation
- Single trailer
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)
Casualty 3: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vectra)
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 200132B059901 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Kesteven road accident statistics for 2001.