Serious A15 crash in North Lincolnshire on 14 December 2018 at 17:12 involving a Citroen C3
A Citroen C3, a Ford C-Max and a MAN lorry were involved in a crash on the A15 in North Lincolnshire at 17:12 on Friday 14 December 2018. The 79-year-old female driver of the Citroen C3 was seriously injured and the 57-year-old female driver of the Ford C-Max was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 14 Dec 2018
- Friday, 17:12
- Vehicles
- 3
- Citroen C3 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.4808, longitude -0.55282, in the DN21 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Lincolnshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018160807824
- Council area
- North Lincolnshire
- Police force
- Humberside
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 15
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 1206
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
- Frost or ice
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 November 2014.
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A15 in North Lincolnshire, 1 November 2014
3 m awayRef 2014160B04371
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A15 in North Lincolnshire, 4 January 2022
5 m awayRef 2022161128735
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A15 in North Lincolnshire, 23 January 1992
5 m awayRef 199216D160071
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B1210 in North Lincolnshire, 16 September 2017
5 m awayRef 2017160235726
Slight
Car crash on the B1206 in North Lincolnshire, 11 March 1987
7 m awayRef 198716D160217
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A15 in North Lincolnshire, 9 October 2012
10 m awayRef 2012160B03631
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Citroen C3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 79 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford C-Max
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 3: MAN
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 79, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen C3)
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford C-Max)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2018160807824 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Lincolnshire road accident statistics for 2018.