Serious A15 crash in Lincoln on 10 February 2016 at 23:00 involving a Toyota Avensis taxi
A Toyota Avensis taxi and a Yamaha BWS 125 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A15 in Lincoln at 23:00 on Wednesday 10 February 2016. The 37-year-old male rider of the Yamaha BWS 125 motorcycle was seriously injured and a 37-year-old male passenger on the Yamaha BWS 125 motorcycle 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 T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 10 Feb 2016
- Wednesday, 23:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Avensis and Yamaha BWS 125
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.2154, longitude -0.54336, in the LN5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lincoln. It is one of the crashes that make up the Park, Lincoln, LN5 8BJ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016320024664
- Council area
- Lincoln
- Police force
- Lincolnshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Lincolnshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 15
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Special conditions at the site
- Auto traffic signal, out
- Carriageway hazards
- Defective traffic signals
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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 December 2006.
Slight
Peugeot 307 crash on the A15 in Lincoln, 11 December 2006
7 m awayRef 200632D392406
Slight
Peugeot 605 crash on the A15 in Lincoln, 19 April 2003
7 m awayRef 200332D055703
Slight
Audi A1 crash on the A15 in Lincoln, 20 January 2019
7 m awayRef 2019320032442
Slight
Car crash on the A158 in Lincoln, 29 September 1981
7 m awayRef 198132D138381
Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on the A15 in Lincoln, 16 September 2014
8 m awayRef 2014320044247
Serious
Aprilia crash on the A15 in Lincoln, 13 April 2007
8 m awayRef 200732D113907
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Avensis
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,231 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Yamaha BWS 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 37, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha BWS 125)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 37, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha BWS 125)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most 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 2016320024664 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lincoln road accident statistics for 2016.