A159 crash in West Lindsey on 6 December 2016 at 06:55 involving a Honda CBF125M motorcycle
A car and a Honda CBF125M motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A159 in West Lindsey at 06:55 on Tuesday 6 December 2016. The 20-year-old male rider of the Honda CBF125M motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fog or mist on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Dec 2016
- Tuesday, 06:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Honda CBF125M
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.41307, longitude -0.77858, in the DN21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Gainsborough. It is one of the crashes that make up the Gainsborough North, West Lindsey, DN21 2RJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in West Lindsey
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016320401277
- Council area
- West Lindsey
- Police force
- Lincolnshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Lincolnshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 159
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- 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
- Fog or mist
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 10%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 90%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 21 November 2014.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A159 in West Lindsey, 21 November 2014
1 m awayRef 2014320057727
Slight
Dacia Sandero crash on the A159 in West Lindsey, 26 June 2024
1 m awayRef 2024320379590
Serious
Car crash on the A159 in West Lindsey, 3 November 1988
3 m awayRef 198832E111588
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A159 in West Lindsey, 7 July 2004
3 m awayRef 200432D093804
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A159 in West Lindsey, 8 April 2008
3 m awayRef 200832D098108
Slight
Car crash on a C road in West Lindsey, 30 November 1988
3 m awayRef 198832E115488
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
Vehicle 2: Honda CBF125M
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
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 20, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Honda CBF125M)
- 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 2016320401277 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Lindsey road accident statistics for 2016.