A17 crash in North Kesteven on 26 October 2001 at 17:00 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier
A Vauxhall Cavalier, a Daewoo Espero and a Peugeot 309 were involved in a crash on the A17 in North Kesteven at 17:00 on Friday 26 October 2001. A 40-year-old female passenger in the Daewoo Espero and a 10-year-old female passenger in the Daewoo Espero were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 60 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Oct 2001
- Friday, 17:00
- Vehicles
- 3
- Vauxhall Cavalier and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.01325, longitude -0.42353, in the NG34 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sleaford Holdingham, North Kesteven, NG34 8RB area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200132B147301
- 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
- Roundabout
- 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
- A
- Second road number
- 15
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 April 2018.
Slight
Lorry crash on the A17 in North Kesteven, 7 April 2018
4 m awayRef 2018320171453
Slight
Van crash on the A17 in North Kesteven, 6 August 2014
9 m awayRef 2014320035819
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the A17 in North Kesteven, 7 June 2006
10 m awayRef 200632B200906
Slight
Honda Jazz crash on the A17 in North Kesteven, 12 October 2017
11 m awayRef 2017320450509
Slight
Mercedes E Class crash on the A17 in North Kesteven, 9 January 2025
11 m awayRef 2025320016219
Serious
Volvo crash on the A17 in North Kesteven, 20 November 2025
13 m awayRef 2025320681233
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Daewoo Espero
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 3: Peugeot 309
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,580 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Daewoo Espero)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Daewoo Espero)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 200132B147301 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 2001.