Serious A43 crash in South Kesteven on 6 January 2016 at 17:45 involving a car
A car hit two pedestrians on the A43 in South Kesteven at 17:45 on Wednesday 6 January 2016. A female pedestrian was seriously injured and a male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 6 Jan 2016
- Wednesday, 17:45
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.65004, longitude -0.47805, in the PE9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stamford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Stamford St Mary's, South Kesteven, PE9 1PH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in South Kesteven
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016320003263
- Council area
- South Kesteven
- Police force
- Lincolnshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Lincolnshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 43
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 November 2025.
Slight
Jaguar XJ Series crash on the B1081 in South Kesteven, 12 November 2025
2 m awayRef 2025320668028
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B1081 in South Kesteven, 25 August 1995
8 m awayRef 199532B008405
Serious
Renault Twingo crash on the B1081 in South Kesteven, 5 September 2011
11 m awayRef 201132N253411
Slight
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in South Kesteven, 14 August 1983
12 m awayRef 198332B102783
Slight
Car crash on the A16 in South Kesteven, 9 June 1982
12 m awayRef 198232B060682
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on an unclassified road in South Kesteven, 6 April 2005
12 m awayRef 200532B505805
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,479 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 25 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 2: Pedestrian
SeriousFemale, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
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 2016320003263 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Kesteven road accident statistics for 2016.