A17 crash in North Kesteven on 11 December 2017 at 16:22 involving a Scania lorry
A Scania lorry and a BMW M2 were involved in a crash on the A17 in North Kesteven at 16:22 on Monday 11 December 2017. The 50-year-old male driver of the BMW M2 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Dec 2017
- Monday, 16:22
- Vehicles
- 2
- Scania and BMW M2
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.01319, longitude -0.42372, in the NG34 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sleaford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sleaford Holdingham, North Kesteven, NG34 8RB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in North Kesteven
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017320540385
- Council area
- North Kesteven
- Police force
- Lincolnshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Lincolnshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 17
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 15
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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 December 2007.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A17 in North Kesteven, 16 December 2007
2 m awayRef 200732B429707
Serious
Volvo crash on the A17 in North Kesteven, 20 November 2025
4 m awayRef 2025320681233
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A17 in North Kesteven, 26 October 2001
16 m awayRef 200132B147301
Slight
Citroen DS3 crash on the A17 in North Kesteven, 13 October 2017
18 m awayRef 2017320442414
Slight
Lorry crash on the A17 in North Kesteven, 7 April 2018
21 m awayRef 2018320171453
Slight
Van crash on the A17 in North Kesteven, 6 August 2014
21 m awayRef 2014320035819
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Scania
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 12,740 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW M2
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW M2)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2017320540385 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Kesteven road accident statistics for 2017.