Serious A16 crash in East Lindsey on 6 November 2011 at 16:19 involving a Skoda Fabia
A Skoda Fabia and an Audi A3 were involved in a crash on the A16 in East Lindsey at 16:19 on Sunday 6 November 2011. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 6 Nov 2011
- Sunday, 16:19
- Vehicles
- 2
- Skoda Fabia and Audi A3
- Casualties
- 4
- 1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.03953, longitude 0.01522, in the PE22 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in East Lindsey
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201132E328111
- Council area
- East Lindsey
- Police force
- Lincolnshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Lincolnshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 16
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 23 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 September 2025.
Slight
Car crash on the A16 in East Lindsey, 25 September 2025
23 m awayRef 2025320568315
Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on the A16 in East Lindsey, 9 May 2012
28 m awayRef 201232E127112
Slight
Peugeot 508 crash on the A52 in East Lindsey, 5 June 2017
35 m awayRef 2017320236054
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the A16 in East Lindsey, 27 February 2025
38 m awayRef 2025320116064
Serious
Van crash on the A16 in East Lindsey, 15 February 1979
41 m awayRef 197932A019479
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A16 in East Lindsey, 14 August 1995
41 m awayRef 199532A006175
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Skoda Fabia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,397 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 67 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Skoda Fabia)
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A3)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A3)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 76, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Skoda Fabia)
- 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 201132E328111 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Lindsey road accident statistics for 2011.