A158 crash in West Lindsey on 5 April 2018 at 13:45 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Volvo XC60 were involved in a crash on the A158 in West Lindsey at 13:45 on Thursday 5 April 2018. The 93-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Corsa, the 56-year-old male driver of the Volvo XC60 and a 54-year-old female passenger in the Volvo XC60 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Apr 2018
- Thursday, 13:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Volvo XC60
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.26513, longitude -0.44181, in the LN2 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Lindsey
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018320152783
- Council area
- West Lindsey
- Police force
- Lincolnshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Lincolnshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 158
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 20%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 80%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 16 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 December 2016.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A158 in West Lindsey, 22 December 2016
16 m awayRef 2016320428281
Slight
Car crash on the A158 in West Lindsey, 2 June 1983
42 m awayRef 198332D081283
Serious
Volvo 240 crash on the A158 in West Lindsey, 22 September 1996
42 m awayRef 199632E003976
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A158 in West Lindsey, 16 March 2001
49 m awayRef 200132D036801
Serious
Scania crash on the A158 in West Lindsey, 5 December 2016
64 m awayRef 2016320399736
Slight
Lorry crash on the A158 in West Lindsey, 14 February 1989
71 m awayRef 198932E008989
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 93 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Volvo XC60
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,969 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 93, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo XC60)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo XC60)
- 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 2018320152783 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 2018.