B1434 crash in West Lindsey on 15 October 2001 at 15:00 involving an Audi A3
An Audi A3 and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the B1434 in West Lindsey at 15:00 on Monday 15 October 2001. An 83-year-old female passenger in the Ford Escort and the 52-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Oct 2001
- Monday, 15:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A3 and Ford Escort
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.47798, longitude -0.38646, in the LN7 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Lindsey
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200132D137601
- Council area
- West Lindsey
- Police force
- Lincolnshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Lincolnshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1434
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 1205
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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 5 November 2013.
Serious
Vauxhall Meriva crash on the B1434 in West Lindsey, 5 November 2013
At the same spotRef 201332L414613
Slight
Honda Accord crash on the B1434 in West Lindsey, 17 July 2004
At the same spotRef 200432D099004
Slight
Honda Jazz crash on the B1434 in West Lindsey, 1 November 2014
8 m awayRef 2014320054052
Slight
Mercedes Vito crash on the B1205 in West Lindsey, 11 December 2021
10 m awayRef 2021320720594
Slight
Toyota Hilux crash on the B1205 in West Lindsey, 5 July 2012
10 m awayRef 201232L178312
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B1434 in West Lindsey, 20 July 2025
11 m awayRef 2025320424590
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,297 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 83, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)
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 200132D137601 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 2001.