Serious A1 crash in South Kesteven on 2 July 2018 at 13:15 involving a Skoda Octavia
A bus or coach and a Skoda Octavia were involved in a crash on the A1 in South Kesteven at 13:15 on Monday 2 July 2018. The 35-year-old male driver of the Skoda Octavia was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 2 Jul 2018
- Monday, 13:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bus or coach and Skoda Octavia
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.81574, longitude -0.62166, 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
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018320307459
- 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
- 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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 17 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 January 2024.
Slight
MAN crash on the A1 in South Kesteven, 5 January 2024
17 m awayRef 2024320010167
Slight
Ford Granada crash on the A1 in South Kesteven, 30 May 1994
33 m awayRef 199432B004434
Fatal
Austin Metro crash on the A1 in South Kesteven, 12 May 1990
33 m awayRef 199032B047190
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A1 in South Kesteven, 22 December 1992
33 m awayRef 199232B114392
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A1 in South Kesteven, 28 January 1997
33 m awayRef 199732B000757
Fatal
Car crash on the A1 in South Kesteven, 15 December 1984
33 m awayRef 198432B163284
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bus or coach
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 66 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Skoda Octavia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Skoda Octavia)
- 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 2018320307459 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.