Fatal A1500 crash in West Lindsey on 30 September 2003 at 08:45 involving a Peugeot 205
A Peugeot 205, a Ford Fiesta and a Mercedes S Class were involved in a crash on the A1500 in West Lindsey at 08:45 on Tuesday 30 September 2003. An 82-year-old female passenger in the Peugeot 205 was killed and a 2-year-old male passenger in the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 30 Sep 2003
- Tuesday, 08:45
- Vehicles
- 3
- Peugeot 205 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 killed, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.29325, longitude -0.57063, in the LN1 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Saxilby, West Lindsey, LN1 2RP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in West Lindsey
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200332D148603
- Council area
- West Lindsey
- Police force
- Lincolnshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Lincolnshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1500
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 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
- B
- Second road number
- 1398
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
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 12 May 2006.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A1500 in West Lindsey, 12 May 2006
At the same spotRef 200632D130406
Slight
Renault Laguna crash on the A1500 in West Lindsey, 2 August 2005
At the same spotRef 200532D050905
Serious
Renault Scenic crash on the A1500 in West Lindsey, 3 May 2010
At the same spotRef 201032D140310
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A1500 in West Lindsey, 17 June 2009
At the same spotRef 200932D159409
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A1500 in West Lindsey, 27 January 2007
At the same spotRef 200732D026207
Slight
Peugeot 207 crash on the B1398 in West Lindsey, 20 June 2013
1 m awayRef 201332L214813
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 205
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 90 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,762 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 3: Mercedes S Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,227 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
FatalFemale, aged 82, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 205)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 2, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 200332D148603 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Lindsey road accident statistics for 2003.