A46 crash in North Kesteven on 20 February 2018 at 07:51 involving a BMW 1 Series
A lorry and a BMW 1 Series were involved in a crash on the A46 in North Kesteven at 07:51 on Tuesday 20 February 2018. The 42-year-old female driver of the BMW 1 Series was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Feb 2018
- Tuesday, 07:51
- Vehicles
- 2
- Lorry and BMW 1 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.1752, longitude -0.62713, in the LN6 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hykeham Fosse, North Kesteven, LN6 9NT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in North Kesteven
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018320103323
- Council area
- North Kesteven
- Police force
- Lincolnshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Lincolnshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 46
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 12 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 July 2013.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A46 in North Kesteven, 22 July 2013
12 m awayRef 201332N261213
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A46 in North Kesteven, 5 November 2021
14 m awayRef 2021320645670
Serious
Renault Trucks crash on the A46 in North Kesteven, 9 July 2018
16 m awayRef 2018320320298
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A46 in North Kesteven, 6 January 2024
20 m awayRef 2024320011532
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A46 in North Kesteven, 26 May 2010
24 m awayRef 201032D153810
Slight
Fiat Doblo crash on the A46 in North Kesteven, 18 August 2018
42 m awayRef 2018320392835
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Lorry
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
Vehicle 2: BMW 1 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 1 Series)
- 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 2018320103323 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 2018.