Fatal unclassified road crash in North Lincolnshire DN15 on 17 May 2008 at 03:50 involving a Rover 200 Series
A Rover 200 Series crashed on an unclassified road in North Lincolnshire at 03:50 on Saturday 17 May 2008. The 18-year-old male driver was killed and an 18-year-old male passenger and an 18-year-old male passenger were seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 17 May 2008
- Saturday, 03:50
- Vehicles
- 1
- Rover 200 Series
- Casualties
- 3
- 1 killed, 2 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.69429, longitude -0.63433, in the DN15 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Lincolnshire
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008160B02230
- Council area
- North Lincolnshire
- Police force
- Humberside
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 214 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 8 August 2018.
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Slight
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Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Rover 200 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
FatalMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 200 Series)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 200 Series)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 200 Series)
- 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 2008160B02230 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 2008.