A17 crash in South Kesteven on 11 January 2004 at 10:37 involving a Mercedes Vito van
A Mercedes Vito van and two cars were involved in a crash on the A17 in South Kesteven at 10:37 on Sunday 11 January 2004. A 1-year-old male passenger in vehicle 2, a 4-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 and the 26-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Jan 2004
- Sunday, 10:37
- Vehicles
- 3
- Mercedes Vito and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.03595, longitude -0.53292, in the NG32 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in South Kesteven
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200432B002204
- Council area
- South Kesteven
- 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
- 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, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 17 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 October 2025.
Slight
DAF Trucks crash on the A17 in South Kesteven, 15 October 2025
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Slight
DAF Trucks crash on the A17 in South Kesteven, 11 July 2022
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Serious
BMW 1 Series crash on the A17 in South Kesteven, 30 July 2020
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Slight
Scooter crash on the A17 in South Kesteven, 11 March 1983
58 m awayRef 198332B033983
Slight
Car crash on the A17 in South Kesteven, 29 June 1986
58 m awayRef 198632B078186
Serious
Van crash on the A17 in North Kesteven, 21 March 1981
86 m awayRef 198132B033781
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes Vito
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,151 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 1, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 4, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
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 200432B002204 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Kesteven road accident statistics for 2004.