Serious B1398 crash in West Lindsey on 15 October 2017 at 20:05 involving a Peugeot Partner
A Peugeot Partner and a Citroen Berlingo taxi were involved in a crash on the B1398 in West Lindsey at 20:05 on Sunday 15 October 2017. The 52-year-old male driver of the Peugeot Partner and a 52-year-old male passenger in the Citroen Berlingo taxi were seriously injured and an 18-year-old male passenger in the Peugeot Partner was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 15 Oct 2017
- Sunday, 20:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot Partner and Citroen Berlingo
- Casualties
- 3
- 2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.45707, longitude -0.58199, in the DN21 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ridge, North Lincolnshire, DN21 4GG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in West Lindsey
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017320445762
- Council area
- West Lindsey
- Police force
- Lincolnshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Lincolnshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1398
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 1205
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, no street lighting
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 2 March 2017.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B1398 in West Lindsey, 2 March 2017
1 m awayRef 2017320089161
Serious
BMW 3 Series crash on the B1398 in West Lindsey, 31 October 2017
2 m awayRef 2017320474032
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B1398 in West Lindsey, 2 July 2019
2 m awayRef 2019320341873
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the B1398 in West Lindsey, 28 July 2013
3 m awayRef 201332L271813
Fatal
Chevrolet Matiz crash on the B1398 in West Lindsey, 31 August 2014
3 m awayRef 2014320041032
Slight
Volkswagen LT 35 crash on the B1398 in West Lindsey, 5 November 2013
4 m awayRef 201332L412513
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot Partner
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Leaving the carriageway
- Straight ahead at junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Citroen Berlingo
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot Partner)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot Partner)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 52, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Berlingo)
- 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 2017320445762 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.