A1243 crash in North East Lincolnshire on 20 October 2003 at 18:19 involving a Volkswagen Golf
A Volkswagen Golf, a Ford Fiesta and a BMW 5 Series were involved in a crash on the A1243 in North East Lincolnshire at 18:19 on Monday 20 October 2003. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Oct 2003
- Monday, 18:19
- Vehicles
- 3
- Volkswagen Golf and 2 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.54565, longitude -0.09168, in the DN33 postcode district and within the built-up area of Grimsby. It is one of the crashes that make up the Scartho, North East Lincolnshire, DN33 2EA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in North East Lincolnshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200316A048903
- Council area
- North East Lincolnshire
- Police force
- Humberside
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1243
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, 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 22 October 2003.
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A16 in North East Lincolnshire, 22 October 2003
At the same spotRef 200316A049703
Slight
Volvo S40 crash on an unclassified road in North East Lincolnshire, 6 March 2000
At the same spotRef 200016A012000
Serious
Car crash on the A16 in North East Lincolnshire, 2 January 1980
At the same spotRef 198016V040007
Slight
Van crash on the A1243 in North East Lincolnshire, 24 October 2012
7 m awayRef 2012160A04181
Slight
Volvo 245 crash on an unclassified road in North East Lincolnshire, 26 November 1996
10 m awayRef 199616A430559
Slight
Toyota Aygo crash on the A1243 in North East Lincolnshire, 9 May 2011
10 m awayRef 2011160A01601
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,984 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 63 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,119 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 3: BMW 5 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,494 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (BMW 5 Series)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 9, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (BMW 5 Series)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 5, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (BMW 5 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 200316A048903 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North East Lincolnshire road accident statistics for 2003.