B1378 crash in Lincoln on 14 January 2017 at 08:30 involving a Mercedes Sprinter van
A car and a Mercedes Sprinter van were involved in a crash on the B1378 in Lincoln at 08:30 on Saturday 14 January 2017. The 34-year-old male driver of the Mercedes Sprinter van, a 44-year-old male passenger in the Mercedes Sprinter van and a 38-year-old male passenger in the Mercedes Sprinter van were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Jan 2017
- Saturday, 08:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Mercedes Sprinter
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.2118, longitude -0.57018, in the LN6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lincoln. It is one of the crashes that make up the Moorland, Lincoln, LN6 7NX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Lincoln
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017320020587
- Council area
- Lincoln
- Police force
- Lincolnshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Lincolnshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1378
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 1003
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a serious injury crash on 23 June 2024.
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
Vehicle 2: Mercedes Sprinter
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,148 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 34, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes Sprinter)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 44, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes Sprinter)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 38, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes Sprinter)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- 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 2017320020587 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 2017.