B1172 crash in South Holland on 9 June 2002 at 09:50 involving a Mitsubishi Challenger
A Mitsubishi Challenger and a Mercedes van were involved in a crash on the B1172 in South Holland at 09:50 on Sunday 9 June 2002. A 41-year-old male passenger in the Mercedes van and the 43-year-old male driver of the Mercedes van were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 Jun 2002
- Sunday, 09:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mitsubishi Challenger and Mercedes
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.77506, longitude -0.15922, in the PE11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Spalding. It is one of the crashes that make up the Spalding St John's, South Holland, PE11 2FG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in South Holland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200232B081602
- Council area
- South Holland
- Police force
- Lincolnshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Lincolnshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1172
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- C
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
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 27 October 2001.
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the B1172 in South Holland, 27 October 2001
At the same spotRef 200132B160101
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B1173 in South Holland, 10 October 2010
At the same spotRef 201032B301610
Slight
Volvo 340 crash on the A16 in South Holland, 14 April 1990
At the same spotRef 199032A030090
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B1173 in South Holland, 10 December 2025
2 m awayRef 2025320722317
Slight
Car crash on the B1173 in South Holland, 11 February 2014
4 m awayRef 201432B051314
Serious
Peugeot 106 crash on a C road in South Holland, 7 July 2013
4 m awayRef 201332B233713
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mitsubishi Challenger
Car
- Towing and articulation
- Single trailer
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,477 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Mercedes
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 41, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 43, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes)
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 200232B081602 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Holland road accident statistics for 2002.