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A18 crash in East Lindsey on 27 July 2017 at 12:45 involving a DAF Trucks lorry

A DAF Trucks lorry crashed on the A18 in East Lindsey at 12:45 on Thursday 27 July 2017. The 61-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Jul 2017
Thursday, 12:45
Vehicles
1
DAF Trucks
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.43477, longitude -0.06841, in the DN36 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Lindsey

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017320323789
Council area
East Lindsey
Police force
Lincolnshire
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Lincolnshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
18
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
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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 April 2019.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: DAF Trucks

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Jackknifed
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    61 years
    Engine capacity
    12,900 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 61, goods vehicle occupant (7.5 tonnes and over), in vehicle 1 (DAF Trucks)

    Home area deprivation
    10% 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 2017320323789 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Lindsey road accident statistics for 2017.