A46 crash in North Kesteven on 18 December 2012 at 14:45 involving a Mercedes Sprinter van
A Mercedes Sprinter van and a Nissan Micra were involved in a crash on the A46 in North Kesteven at 14:45 on Tuesday 18 December 2012. The 30-year-old female driver of the Nissan Micra was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 70 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Dec 2012
- Tuesday, 14:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes Sprinter and Nissan Micra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.17702, longitude -0.62418, in the LN6 postcode district and within the built-up area of South Hykeham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hykeham Fosse, North Kesteven, LN6 9NT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in North Kesteven
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201232N400012
- Council area
- North Kesteven
- Police force
- Lincolnshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Lincolnshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 46
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 1434
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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 September 2011.
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the A46 in North Kesteven, 19 September 2011
At the same spotRef 201132N277611
Slight
HGV crash on the A46 in North Kesteven, 8 May 2017
4 m awayRef 2017320196136
Slight
Mercedes Vito crash on the A46 in North Kesteven, 19 April 2018
6 m awayRef 2018320176947
Slight
Toyota C-HR crash on the A46 in North Kesteven, 5 August 2018
10 m awayRef 2018320369427
Serious
Renault Master crash on the A46 in North Kesteven, 14 May 2008
10 m awayRef 200832D132608
Slight
Audi A3 crash on the A46 in North Kesteven, 18 February 2016
10 m awayRef 2016320031177
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes Sprinter
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,295 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,386 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Micra)
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 201232N400012 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Kesteven road accident statistics for 2012.