A1 crash in South Kesteven on 15 April 2018 at 12:55 involving a Volkswagen Golf
A Volkswagen Golf and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A1 in South Kesteven at 12:55 on Sunday 15 April 2018. A 38-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Astra, a 17-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Astra and a 9-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Astra were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Apr 2018
- Sunday, 12:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Golf and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.81516, longitude -0.62115, in the NG33 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Isaac Newton, South Kesteven, NG33 5NZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in South Kesteven
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018320169529
- Council area
- South Kesteven
- Police force
- Lincolnshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Lincolnshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 6403
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
- 16%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 84%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 August 2014.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A1 in South Kesteven, 5 August 2014
3 m awayRef 2014320035616
Serious
Audi A3 crash on the B6403 in South Kesteven, 27 January 2012
4 m awayRef 201232N025112
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A1 in South Kesteven, 29 October 2004
4 m awayRef 200432B173604
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the B6043 in South Kesteven, 12 February 2005
4 m awayRef 200532B016805
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A1 in South Kesteven, 17 September 2006
7 m awayRef 200632B313306
Serious
Car crash on the B6403 in South Kesteven, 6 September 2001
7 m awayRef 200132B115201
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Road sign or traffic signal
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,364 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 9, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2018320169529 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Kesteven road accident statistics for 2018.