A16 crash in East Lindsey on 29 November 2005 at 03:15 involving a Mercedes lorry
A car, an agricultural vehicle and a Mercedes lorry were involved in a crash on the A16 in East Lindsey at 03:15 on Tuesday 29 November 2005. An 18-year-old female passenger in the car and an 18-year-old female passenger in the car were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Nov 2005
- Tuesday, 03:15
- Vehicles
- 3
- Mercedes and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.48819, longitude -0.06863, in the DN36 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in East Lindsey
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200532C077305
- Council area
- East Lindsey
- Police force
- Lincolnshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Lincolnshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 16
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Frost or ice
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 11%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 89%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 April 1994.
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A16 in East Lindsey, 24 April 1994
14 m awayRef 199432C002744
Slight
Vauxhall Combo crash on the A16 in East Lindsey, 29 October 2025
34 m awayRef 2025320635588
Slight
Car crash on the A16 in East Lindsey, 31 May 2014
55 m awayRef 201432E193114
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A16 in East Lindsey, 18 March 1991
98 m awayRef 199132C017191
Slight
Car crash on the A16 in East Lindsey, 25 February 1989
108 m awayRef 198932C011489
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A16 in East Lindsey, 1 February 2011
110 m awayRef 201132C027011
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,295 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Agricultural vehicle
- Towing and articulation
- Single trailer
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
Vehicle 3: Mercedes
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Lane or location
- Lay-by or hard shoulder
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 6,370 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 200532C077305 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Lindsey road accident statistics for 2005.