A1 crash in South Kesteven on 22 February 2008 at 16:43 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra crashed on the A1 in South Kesteven at 16:43 on Friday 22 February 2008. The 50-year-old female driver was 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
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Feb 2008
- Friday, 16:43
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.95856, longitude -0.68755, in the NG32 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Peascliffe & Ridgeway, South Kesteven, NG32 2AD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in South Kesteven
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200832B051108
- 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
- 1
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 August 2013.
Slight
Suzuki Alto crash on the A1 in South Kesteven, 1 August 2013
6 m awayRef 201332N278613
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the A1 in South Kesteven, 7 November 2022
11 m awayRef 2022320651760
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A1 in South Kesteven, 29 December 2025
29 m awayRef 2025320757355
Slight
Iveco Daily crash on the A1 in South Kesteven, 30 August 2011
51 m awayRef 201132N247511
Fatal
Car crash on the A1 in South Kesteven, 7 March 1983
57 m awayRef 198332B027883
Slight
Lorry crash on the A1 in South Kesteven, 30 August 1984
72 m awayRef 198432B103984
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
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 200832B051108 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 2008.