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A17 crash in South Holland on 31 January 2003 at 17:50 involving a Seddon/Atkinson lorry

A Seddon/Atkinson lorry crashed on the A17 in South Holland at 17:50 on Friday 31 January 2003. The 47-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a snow-covered single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Jan 2003
Friday, 17:50
Vehicles
1
Seddon/Atkinson
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.76678, longitude 0.18034, in the PE12 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sutton Bridge, South Holland, PE12 9UD area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in South Holland

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200332B024603
Council area
South Holland
Police force
Lincolnshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Lincolnshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
17
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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
Snow

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 January 2025.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Seddon/Atkinson

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Jackknifed
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 47, goods vehicle occupant (7.5 tonnes and over), in vehicle 1 (Seddon/Atkinson)

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 200332B024603 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.