Fatal A46 crash in Lincoln on 30 April 2007 at 07:30 involving an ERF lorry
Four vehicles, including an ERF lorry and a car, were involved in a crash on the A46 in Lincoln at 07:30 on Monday 30 April 2007. The 24-year-old female driver of the car was killed and the 51-year-old male driver of the Ford Mondeo and a 40-year-old female passenger in the Renault van were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 30 Apr 2007
- Monday, 07:30
- Vehicles
- 4
- ERF and 3 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 1 killed, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.24381, longitude -0.57108, in the LN1 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Carholme, Lincoln, LN1 2BG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Lincoln
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200732D134207
- 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
- 46
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 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 with high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 19 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 April 2018.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A46 in Lincoln, 1 April 2018
19 m awayRef 2018320146412
Slight
Mazda 323 crash on the A46 in Lincoln, 19 February 2002
36 m awayRef 200232D025702
Slight
Honda NB50M crash on the A46 in Lincoln, 18 September 1990
54 m awayRef 199032E071190
Slight
Renault 5 crash on the A46 in Lincoln, 11 December 1992
54 m awayRef 199232D102092
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A46 in Lincoln, 25 September 1992
60 m awayRef 199232D079392
Slight
Fiat 500 crash on the A46 in Lincoln, 15 April 2022
65 m awayRef 2022320222472
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: ERF
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Jackknifed and overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Entered ditch
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 10,824 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
Vehicle 3: Renault
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,188 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 4: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
FatalFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Ford Mondeo)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 40, van occupant, in vehicle 3 (Renault)
- 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 200732D134207 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 2007.