Serious B1518 crash in North Kesteven on 16 December 2008 at 17:35 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra hit two pedestrians on the B1518 in North Kesteven at 17:35 on Tuesday 16 December 2008. A 76-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured and an 83-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 16 Dec 2008
- Tuesday, 17:35
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.00804, longitude -0.41746, in the NG34 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sleaford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sleaford Holdingham, North Kesteven, NG34 8RB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in North Kesteven
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200832D378808
- Council area
- North Kesteven
- Police force
- Lincolnshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Lincolnshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1518
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 September 2012.
Slight
Vauxhall Meriva crash on the B1518 in North Kesteven, 29 September 2012
At the same spotRef 201232N279412
Slight
Kia Sportage crash on an unclassified road in North Kesteven, 20 December 2005
At the same spotRef 200532BO84905
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the A1518 in North Kesteven, 20 February 2016
2 m awayRef 2016320032807
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the B1518 in North Kesteven, 25 May 2013
3 m awayRef 201332N183413
Slight
Lexus IS220 crash on the B1518 in North Kesteven, 14 February 2014
7 m awayRef 201432N057014
Serious
Vauxhall Insignia crash on the B1518 in North Kesteven, 13 September 2024
8 m awayRef 2024320553281
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,389 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 83, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
Casualty 2: Pedestrian
SeriousFemale, aged 76, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
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 200832D378808 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Kesteven road accident statistics for 2008.