Serious A159 crash in North Lincolnshire on 31 August 2015 at 19:00 involving a Mercedes C Class
A Mercedes C Class and a Peugeot 106 were involved in a crash on the A159 in North Lincolnshire at 19:00 on Monday 31 August 2015. The 34-year-old male driver of the Mercedes C Class was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 31 Aug 2015
- Monday, 19:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes C Class and Peugeot 106
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.53439, longitude -0.65394, in the DN17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Messingham.
Map of where the crash happened in North Lincolnshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015160B02951
- Council area
- North Lincolnshire
- Police force
- Humberside
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 159
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 February 2024.
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on an unclassified road in North Lincolnshire, 29 February 2024
5 m awayRef 2024161415609
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A159 in North Lincolnshire, 7 November 2005
6 m awayRef 2005160B05700
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A159 in North Lincolnshire, 5 November 2010
6 m awayRef 2010160B04231
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A159 in North Lincolnshire, 8 July 1997
6 m awayRef 199716B150303
Slight
Vauxhall Meriva crash on the A159 in North Lincolnshire, 1 February 2011
6 m awayRef 2011160B00441
Slight
Skoda Fabia crash on the A159 in North Lincolnshire, 1 May 2009
6 m awayRef 2009160B01630
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,987 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 106
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,527 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes C Class)
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 2015160B02951 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Lincolnshire road accident statistics for 2015.