Serious B1168 crash in South Holland on 29 January 2003 at 15:22 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra crashed on the B1168 in South Holland at 15:22 on Wednesday 29 January 2003. The 41-year-old male driver was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 29 Jan 2003
- Wednesday, 15:22
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.74977, longitude -0.00248, in the PE12 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in South Holland
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200332B015703
- 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
- 1168
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine with high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 82 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 February 1988.
Slight
Car crash on the B1168 in South Holland, 25 February 1988
82 m awayRef 198832A023688
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B1168 in South Holland, 17 December 1996
122 m awayRef 199632A010086
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the B1168 in South Holland, 4 August 2016
136 m awayRef 2016320221209
Slight
Ford KA crash on the B1168 in South Holland, 27 November 2008
140 m awayRef 200832B348708
Serious
Car crash on the B1168 in South Holland, 21 January 1988
144 m awayRef 198832A008788
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the B1168 in South Holland, 14 May 2025
145 m awayRef 2025320278985
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,389 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
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 200332B015703 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 2003.