A16 crash in South Holland on 16 January 2016 at 16:22 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on the A16 in South Holland at 16:22 on Saturday 16 January 2016. The 69-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta, the 21-year-old male driver of the BMW 3 Series and a 69-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta 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
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Jan 2016
- Saturday, 16:22
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and BMW 3 Series
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.66847, longitude -0.16024, in the PE6 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Crowland and Deeping St Nicholas, South Holland, PE6 0BE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in South Holland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016320007710
- 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
- 1040
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
- 19%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 81%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 27 July 2013.
Serious
Mazda 6 crash on the A16 in South Holland, 27 July 2013
5 m awayRef 201332B266413
Slight
Mitsubishi Outlander crash on the A16 in South Holland, 18 October 2025
8 m awayRef 2025320616342
Slight
Toyota Prius crash on the A16 in South Holland, 17 May 2013
8 m awayRef 201332B170013
Slight
Dacia Duster crash on the A16 in South Holland, 18 November 2025
9 m awayRef 2025320677137
Slight
Renault Arkana crash on the A16 in South Holland, 21 December 2023
11 m awayRef 2023320781495
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A16 in South Holland, 5 December 2025
11 m awayRef 2025320711362
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- 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
- 69 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 19 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 2016320007710 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 2016.