A17 crash in South Holland on 27 December 2012 at 08:10 involving a Ford Galaxy
A Ford Galaxy, a car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A17 in South Holland at 08:10 on Thursday 27 December 2012. The 55-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Dec 2012
- Thursday, 08:10
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Galaxy and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.85563, longitude -0.03119, in the PE12 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Moulton, Weston and Cowbit, South Holland, PE12 6LQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in South Holland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201232B407012
- 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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 18%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 82%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 40 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 December 1982.
Slight
Lorry crash on the A17 in Boston, 7 December 1982
40 m awayRef 198232A136182
Serious
Volvo crash on the A17 in South Holland, 30 December 1996
40 m awayRef 199632A010506
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A17 in South Holland, 12 August 2008
81 m awayRef 200832B227608
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A17 in South Holland, 25 March 2002
89 m awayRef 200232B043102
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A17 in South Holland, 28 August 2001
94 m awayRef 200132C110701
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A17 in South Holland, 5 September 1998
108 m awayRef 199832A007448
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Galaxy
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
Vehicle 3: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 500cc
- 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
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside and rebounded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 55, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 3 (Motorcycle)
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 201232B407012 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.