A46 crash in North Kesteven on 4 October 2016 at 14:55 involving a Yamaha XJ 600 N motorcycle
A car and a Yamaha XJ 600 N motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A46 in North Kesteven at 14:55 on Tuesday 4 October 2016. The 64-year-old male rider of the Yamaha XJ 600 N motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Oct 2016
- Tuesday, 14:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Yamaha XJ 600 N
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.22749, longitude -0.60154, in the LN6 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Birchwood, Lincoln, LN6 0UJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in North Kesteven
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016320307768
- Council area
- North Kesteven
- Police force
- Lincolnshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Lincolnshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 46
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 1378
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
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
- 9%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 91%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 4 September 2020.
Serious
Citroen DS3 crash on the A46 in North Kesteven, 4 September 2020
2 m awayRef 2020320462376
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on the A46 in North Kesteven, 24 December 2025
2 m awayRef 2025320750442
Slight
Skoda Fabia crash on the A46 in North Kesteven, 9 June 2013
7 m awayRef 201332N201613
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the A46 in North Kesteven, 2 August 2018
8 m awayRef 2018320368417
Slight
DAF Trucks crash on the A46 in North Kesteven, 18 August 2016
11 m awayRef 2016320240672
Slight
Nissan Primera crash on the A46 in North Kesteven, 10 May 2002
14 m awayRef 200232D066102
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Yamaha XJ 600 N
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 64 years
- Engine capacity
- 598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 64, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha XJ 600 N)
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 2016320307768 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Kesteven road accident statistics for 2016.