A18 crash in West Lindsey on 30 January 2015 at 09:56 involving a Vauxhall Combo
A Vauxhall Combo and a Volvo lorry were involved in a crash on the A18 in West Lindsey at 09:56 on Friday 30 January 2015. The 52-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Combo was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Jan 2015
- Friday, 09:56
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Combo and Volvo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.56374, longitude -0.27885, in the DN37 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Lindsey
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015320005519
- Council area
- West Lindsey
- Police force
- Lincolnshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Lincolnshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 18
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Frost or ice
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 20 December 2025.
Serious
Citroen Relay crash on the A18 in West Lindsey, 20 December 2025
2 m awayRef 2025320742976
Serious
Van crash on the A18 in West Lindsey, 21 June 2017
4 m awayRef 2017320261342
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on the A18 in West Lindsey, 26 February 2008
7 m awayRef 200832D054208
Slight
Kia Sportage crash on the A18 in West Lindsey, 4 November 2025
9 m awayRef 2025320647589
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A18 in West Lindsey, 2 June 2013
10 m awayRef 201332L188813
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A18 in West Lindsey, 26 June 2011
14 m awayRef 201132L177811
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Combo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
Vehicle 2: Volvo
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 7,146 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Combo)
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 2015320005519 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Lindsey road accident statistics for 2015.