A57 crash in Lincoln on 13 May 2005 at 22:30 involving a Ford Mondeo taxi
A Ford Mondeo taxi and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A57 in Lincoln at 22:30 on Friday 13 May 2005. A 40-year-old female passenger in the Ford Mondeo taxi and a 38-year-old female passenger in the Ford Mondeo taxi were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 May 2005
- Friday, 22:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Mondeo and Ford Escort
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.22945, longitude -0.54295, in the LN1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lincoln. It is one of the crashes that make up the Boultham, Lincoln, LN5 7AL area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200532D051905
- Council area
- Lincoln
- Police force
- Lincolnshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Lincolnshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 57
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 18 December 2002.
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A57 in Lincoln, 18 December 2002
At the same spotRef 200232D194302
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Lincoln, 17 December 1984
At the same spotRef 198432D222784
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A57 in Lincoln, 27 August 1981
At the same spotRef 198132D119881
Slight
Car crash on the A57 in Lincoln, 7 December 1987
At the same spotRef 198732D093087
Serious
MZ crash on an unclassified road in Lincoln, 6 June 1998
At the same spotRef 199832D004628
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A57 in Lincoln, 25 May 2018
1 m awayRef 2018320238759
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 40, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Mondeo)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 38, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Mondeo)
- 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 200532D051905 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lincoln road accident statistics for 2005.