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Serious A159 crash in North Lincolnshire on 8 April 2004 at 22:03 involving a Renault

A Renault and a Ford Transit van were involved in a crash on the A159 in North Lincolnshire at 22:03 on Thursday 8 April 2004. The 92-year-old male driver of the Renault was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
8 Apr 2004
Thursday, 22:03
Vehicles
2
Renault and Ford Transit
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.56052, longitude -0.65661, in the DN17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Scunthorpe. It is one of the crashes that make up the Brumby, North Lincolnshire, DN17 2NB area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in North Lincolnshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2004160B01640
Council area
North Lincolnshire
Police force
Humberside
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
159
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 6 March 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    92 years
    Engine capacity
    1,171 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    2,496 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 92, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault)

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 2004160B01640 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Lincolnshire road accident statistics for 2004.