A15 crash in North Kesteven on 8 September 2014 at 16:30 involving a Mercedes Sprinter van
A Mercedes Sprinter van and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the A15 in North Kesteven at 16:30 on Monday 8 September 2014. The 24-year-old male driver of the Mercedes Sprinter van and the 45-year-old female driver of the Ford Focus were 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
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Sep 2014
- Monday, 16:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes Sprinter and Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.06043, longitude -0.45506, in the NG34 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cranwell, Leasingham & Wilsford, North Kesteven, NG34 8RH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in North Kesteven
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014320042799
- 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
- 15
- 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
- Unclassified
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
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 September 2024.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A15 in North Kesteven, 13 September 2024
4 m awayRef 2024320547571
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A15 in North Kesteven, 29 August 2001
8 m awayRef 200132B112301
Slight
Vehicle crash on the A15 in North Kesteven, 9 August 2001
14 m awayRef 200132B104401
Serious
Subaru Legacy crash on the A15 in North Kesteven, 8 July 2004
17 m awayRef 200432B106804
Slight
Toyota Aygo crash on the A15 in North Kesteven, 26 March 2012
17 m awayRef 201232N078812
Slight
Mercedes Citan crash on the A15 in North Kesteven, 15 January 2024
25 m awayRef 2024320030380
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes Sprinter
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- 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
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes Sprinter)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
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 2014320042799 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 2014.