Serious A151 crash in South Holland on 22 December 2017 at 15:12 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus hit a pedestrian on the A151 in South Holland at 15:12 on Friday 22 December 2017. A 43-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 22 Dec 2017
- Friday, 15:12
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.79064, longitude -0.15116, in the PE11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Spalding. It is one of the crashes that make up the Spalding Castle, South Holland, PE11 1SX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in South Holland
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017320558738
- Council area
- South Holland
- Police force
- Lincolnshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Lincolnshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 151
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 151
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 29 August 2019.
Slight
Nissan Almera crash on the B1356 in South Holland, 29 August 2019
1 m awayRef 2019320467270
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A151 in South Holland, 18 October 2008
2 m awayRef 200832B296808
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A151 in South Holland, 12 May 2007
2 m awayRef 200732B148507
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A16 in South Holland, 2 June 1984
2 m awayRef 198432A059384
Slight
Mazda 6 crash on the A151 in South Holland, 14 August 2025
6 m awayRef 2025320477169
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B1172 in South Holland, 19 June 2013
7 m awayRef 201332B214013
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 43, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from offside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle
- 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 2017320558738 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Holland road accident statistics for 2017.