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A16 crash in East Lindsey on 9 March 2012 at 13:15 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf and a Suzuki GSF 1200 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A16 in East Lindsey at 13:15 on Friday 9 March 2012. The 56-year-old male rider of the Suzuki GSF 1200 motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Mar 2012
Friday, 13:15
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Golf and Suzuki GSF 1200
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.17465, longitude 0.08874, in the PE23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Spilsby. It is one of the crashes that make up the Spilsby, East Lindsey, PE23 5HD area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in East Lindsey

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201232E064712
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
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
1195

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Central refuge, no other controls

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
10%
Estimated chance it was slight
90%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 28 November 1983.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Suzuki GSF 1200

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    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
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    1,157 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 56, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Suzuki GSF 1200)

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 201232E064712 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 2012.