A157 crash in East Lindsey on 15 May 2018 at 08:20 involving an Audi TT
A car, an Audi TT and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on the A157 in East Lindsey at 08:20 on Tuesday 15 May 2018. The 53-year-old female driver of the Ford Mondeo, a 16-year-old female passenger in the Ford Mondeo and a 14-year-old male passenger in the Ford Mondeo were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 May 2018
- Tuesday, 08:20
- Vehicles
- 3
- Audi TT and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.34645, longitude -0.2164, in the LN8 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in East Lindsey
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018320220929
- Council area
- East Lindsey
- Police force
- Lincolnshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Lincolnshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 157
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- 9%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 91%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 59 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 March 2008.
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the A157 in East Lindsey, 5 March 2008
59 m awayRef 200832C061308
Slight
Van crash on the A157 in East Lindsey, 29 January 1979
72 m awayRef 197932C006979
Slight
Car crash on the A157 in East Lindsey, 23 September 1987
72 m awayRef 198732C096987
Serious
Citroen Xsara crash on the A157 in East Lindsey, 2 December 2009
109 m awayRef 200932C358509
Slight
Skoda Fabia crash on the A157 in East Lindsey, 21 July 2012
167 m awayRef 201232E200512
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A157 in East Lindsey, 14 January 2017
176 m awayRef 2017320019070
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside and rebounded
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
Vehicle 2: Audi TT
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Mondeo)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Mondeo)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Mondeo)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2018320220929 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Lindsey road accident statistics for 2018.