Serious A158 crash in East Lindsey on 27 February 2002 at 16:56 involving a Rover 400 Series
A Rover 400 Series and a Rover 200 Series were involved in a crash on the A158 in East Lindsey at 16:56 on Wednesday 27 February 2002. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 27 Feb 2002
- Wednesday, 16:56
- Vehicles
- 2
- Rover 400 Series and Rover 200 Series
- Casualties
- 4
- 1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.28738, longitude -0.30124, in the LN8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wragby.
Map of where the crash happened in East Lindsey
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200232C101202
- Council area
- East Lindsey
- Police force
- Lincolnshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Lincolnshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 158
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 157
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 May 2010.
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on the A158 in East Lindsey, 1 May 2010
10 m awayRef 201032C125110
Slight
Mitsubishi Shogun crash on the A157 in East Lindsey, 13 July 2015
13 m awayRef 2015320061447
Slight
Honda XR125L crash on the A158 in East Lindsey, 18 December 2007
14 m awayRef 200732C414807
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A157 in East Lindsey, 7 November 2001
22 m awayRef 200132C144801
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A158 in East Lindsey, 10 May 2014
28 m awayRef 201432E168414
Slight
Suzuki GSXR crash on the A157 in East Lindsey, 23 August 2025
37 m awayRef 2025320496851
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Rover 400 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 64 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,589 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Rover 200 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 27 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 64, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 400 Series)
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 200 Series)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 200 Series)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 9, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 200 Series)
- 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 200232C101202 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Lindsey road accident statistics for 2002.