Serious A16 crash in East Lindsey on 24 September 2015 at 20:15 involving a Toyota Aygo
A Toyota Aygo, a Renault Trucks lorry and a Honda CRV were involved in a crash on the A16 in East Lindsey at 20:15 on Thursday 24 September 2015. All four casualties were seriously injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 24 Sep 2015
- Thursday, 20:15
- Vehicles
- 3
- Toyota Aygo and 2 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.34261, longitude 0.00608, in the LN11 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in East Lindsey
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015320098704
- Council area
- East Lindsey
- 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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, no street lighting
- 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, 18 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 September 1991.
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A16 in East Lindsey, 18 September 1991
18 m awayRef 199132C068091
Fatal
BMW 3 Series crash on the A16 in East Lindsey, 12 August 1998
23 m awayRef 199832C006428
Serious
Austin Mini crash on the A16 in East Lindsey, 31 January 1990
63 m awayRef 199032C007690
Serious
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A16 in East Lindsey, 25 July 1999
63 m awayRef 199932C007069
Slight
Austin Maestro crash on the A16 in East Lindsey, 7 November 1990
63 m awayRef 199032C086290
Serious
Car crash on the A16 in East Lindsey, 3 July 2005
65 m awayRef 200532C539705
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Aygo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Trucks
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 10,837 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 3: Honda CRV
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Aygo)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Aygo)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Aygo)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 4: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Honda CRV)
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 2015320098704 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Lindsey road accident statistics for 2015.