C road crash in West Lindsey LN2 on 10 January 2017 at 16:58 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a BMW 7 Series were involved in a crash on a C road in West Lindsey at 16:58 on Tuesday 10 January 2017. The 79-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Corsa was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Jan 2017
- Tuesday, 16:58
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and BMW 7 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.26389, longitude -0.44958, in the LN2 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Nettleham, West Lindsey, LN3 4EA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in West Lindsey
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017320013707
- Council area
- West Lindsey
- Police force
- Lincolnshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Lincolnshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 8%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 92%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 21 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 2 January 1982.
Serious
Car crash on the A158 in West Lindsey, 2 January 1982
21 m awayRef 198232D000582
Slight
Car crash on the A158 in West Lindsey, 4 July 1987
83 m awayRef 198732E053887
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A158 in West Lindsey, 4 October 1991
91 m awayRef 199132E047091
Slight
Humber Sceptre crash on the A158 in West Lindsey, 25 October 1990
91 m awayRef 199032E075190
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A158 in West Lindsey, 28 February 1992
91 m awayRef 199232E010492
Serious
Lorry crash on the A158 in West Lindsey, 7 July 1989
119 m awayRef 198932E043389
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 79 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW 7 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 67 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,979 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 79, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least 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 2017320013707 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 2017.