A17 crash in South Holland on 18 April 2009 at 13:30 involving a Vauxhall Astra
Five vehicles, including a Vauxhall Astra and a Saab 9-3, were involved in a crash on the A17 in South Holland at 13:30 on Saturday 18 April 2009. The 24-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Apr 2009
- Saturday, 13:30
- Vehicles
- 5
- Vauxhall Astra and 4 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.85244, longitude -0.02866, in the PE12 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in South Holland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200932B101809
- Council area
- South Holland
- Police force
- Lincolnshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Lincolnshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 17
- 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
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 15 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 July 2015.
Slight
Mitsubishi crash on the A17 in South Holland, 18 July 2015
15 m awayRef 2015320063690
Serious
Vehicle crash on the A17 in South Holland, 6 February 1979
64 m awayRef 197932A014979
Serious
Car crash on the A17 in South Holland, 27 May 1989
78 m awayRef 198932A041089
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A17 in South Holland, 11 November 1998
155 m awayRef 199832A009488
Slight
Volkswagen crash on the A17 in South Holland, 24 July 1995
155 m awayRef 199532A005515
Slight
Fiat Strada crash on the A17 in South Holland, 10 December 1991
162 m awayRef 199132A102391
Vehicles involved (5)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,700 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Saab 9-3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,910 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 3: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Engine capacity
- 1,781 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 4: Nissan Terrano
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,953 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 5: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, 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 200932B101809 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Holland road accident statistics for 2009.