Serious A17 crash in South Holland on 7 September 2016 at 13:30 involving an Iveco Stralis lorry
A van and an Iveco Stralis lorry were involved in a crash on the A17 in South Holland at 13:30 on Wednesday 7 September 2016. The 19-year-old male driver of the van was seriously injured and a 22-year-old male passenger in the van was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 7 Sep 2016
- Wednesday, 13:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Van and Iveco Stralis
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.82853, longitude -0.01389, in the PE12 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in South Holland
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016320268276
- 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
- 17
- 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
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 8 metres away, was a fatal crash on 21 October 2004.
Fatal
Ford Mondeo crash on the A17 in South Holland, 21 October 2004
8 m awayRef 200432B170204
Slight
ERF crash on the A17 in South Holland, 22 February 1999
18 m awayRef 199932A001349
Serious
Car crash on the A17 in South Holland, 5 December 1980
20 m awayRef 198032A131480
Slight
Car crash on the A17 in South Holland, 30 July 1982
20 m awayRef 198232A079082
Fatal
Peugeot 205 crash on the A17 in South Holland, 9 November 1997
20 m awayRef 199732A009297
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A17 in South Holland, 27 October 2008
28 m awayRef 200832B310108
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Iveco Stralis
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 11,120 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 19, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 22, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2016320268276 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.