Serious A1073 crash in South Holland on 17 October 2012 at 17:12 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus and a car were involved in a crash on the A1073 in South Holland at 17:12 on Wednesday 17 October 2012. A 19-year-old male passenger in the Ford Focus was seriously injured and the 19-year-old male driver of the Ford Focus was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 17 Oct 2012
- Wednesday, 17:12
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Focus and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.67054, longitude -0.16213, in the PE6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Crowland. It is one of the crashes that make up the Crowland and Deeping St Nicholas, South Holland, PE6 0BE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in South Holland
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201232B294412
- 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
- 1073
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 1040
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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 July 2016.
Slight
Vehicle crash on the A16 in South Holland, 10 July 2016
9 m awayRef 2016320187694
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the A16 in South Holland, 13 August 2022
9 m awayRef 2022320470340
Slight
Ford Ecosport crash on the B1040 in South Holland, 11 October 2025
9 m awayRef 2025320599130
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A16 in South Holland, 4 March 2024
13 m awayRef 2024320130855
Serious
Rover 200 Series crash on the A1073 in South Holland, 28 November 2002
14 m awayRef 200232B183202
Fatal
Ford Escort crash on the A1073 in South Holland, 27 August 2003
14 m awayRef 200332B143803
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
- 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 201232B294412 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 2012.