Fatal A16 crash in South Holland on 20 May 2015 at 15:01 involving a Ford Mondeo
A Ford Mondeo, a car and a Peugeot 207 were involved in a crash on the A16 in South Holland at 15:01 on Wednesday 20 May 2015. An 80-year-old female passenger in the Ford Mondeo was killed, one other person was seriously injured and two 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
- Fatal
- Date
- 20 May 2015
- Wednesday, 15:01
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Mondeo and 2 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 1 killed, 1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.685, longitude -0.13161, in the PE6 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Crowland and Deeping St Nicholas, South Holland, PE6 0LU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in South Holland
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015320034486
- Council area
- South Holland
- 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
- 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
- B
- Second road number
- 1166
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
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 January 2018.
Slight
Honda CRV crash on the A16 in South Holland, 26 January 2018
4 m awayRef 2018320041325
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A16 in South Holland, 27 April 2023
8 m awayRef 2023320252953
Serious
BMW 1 Series crash on the A16 in South Holland, 16 August 2023
8 m awayRef 2023320509599
Slight
Mercedes Vito crash on the A16 in South Holland, 15 February 2013
8 m awayRef 201332B059413
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A16 in South Holland, 31 May 2024
9 m awayRef 2024320319877
Slight
Car crash on the A16 in South Holland, 13 June 2019
9 m awayRef 2019320303758
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 85 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: 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
- 57 years
Vehicle 3: Peugeot 207
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Passenger
FatalFemale, aged 80, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Mondeo)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 85, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Mondeo)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 4: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Peugeot 207)
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 2015320034486 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Holland road accident statistics for 2015.