A46 crash in North Kesteven on 16 November 2002 at 14:00 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Vauxhall Cavalier were involved in a crash on the A46 in North Kesteven at 14:00 on Saturday 16 November 2002. A 41-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Astra, the 42-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra and a 13-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Astra were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Nov 2002
- Saturday, 14:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Vauxhall Cavalier
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.17192, longitude -0.63481, in the LN5 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Witham St Hughs & Swinderby, North Kesteven, LN5 9FN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in North Kesteven
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200232D170102
- 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
- 46
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 December 2004.
Slight
Scania crash on the A46 in North Kesteven, 3 December 2004
10 m awayRef 200432D184904
Serious
Volvo crash on the A46 in North Kesteven, 27 September 2001
10 m awayRef 200132D125501
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on the A46 in North Kesteven, 2 December 2001
10 m awayRef 200132D165401
Serious
Renault Clio crash on an unclassified road in North Kesteven, 14 October 2002
10 m awayRef 200232D147102
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A46 in North Kesteven, 10 January 1999
10 m awayRef 199932D000249
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A46 in North Kesteven, 21 January 2003
10 m awayRef 200332D010803
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 13, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- 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 200232D170102 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 2002.