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A15 crash in Lincoln on 1 August 2002 at 16:36 involving a Ford Focus

A Ford Focus, a Ford Escort and a Rover 25 were involved in a crash on the A15 in Lincoln at 16:36 on Thursday 1 August 2002. The 26-year-old male driver of the Ford Focus and the 35-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Aug 2002
Thursday, 16:36
Vehicles
3
Ford Focus and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.21525, longitude -0.54358, in the LN5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lincoln. It is one of the crashes that make up the Park, Lincoln, LN5 8BJ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Lincoln

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200232D107602
Council area
Lincoln
Police force
Lincolnshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Lincolnshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
15
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 12 May 1984.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Other object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Other object
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years

  • Vehicle 3: Rover 25

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    81 years
    Engine capacity
    1,589 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, 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 200232D107602 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lincoln road accident statistics for 2002.