A46 crash in West Lindsey on 28 July 2018 at 10:45 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and two cars were involved in a crash on the A46 in West Lindsey at 10:45 on Saturday 28 July 2018. The 73-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra and a 70-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, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Jul 2018
- Saturday, 10:45
- Vehicles
- 3
- Vauxhall Astra and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.25479, longitude -0.51775, in the LN2 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Glebe, Lincoln, LN2 4UD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in West Lindsey
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018320356017
- 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
- 46
- 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
- 16%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 84%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 23 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 August 2016.
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the A46 in West Lindsey, 6 August 2016
23 m awayRef 2016320224132
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the A46 in West Lindsey, 26 May 2014
30 m awayRef 201432L192614
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A46 in West Lindsey, 7 July 2006
38 m awayRef 200632D257306
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A46 in West Lindsey, 28 December 2003
54 m awayRef 200332D207703
Slight
Chrysler Voyager crash on the A46 in West Lindsey, 7 May 2018
58 m awayRef 2018320221830
Slight
Kia Ceed crash on the A46 in West Lindsey, 25 June 2010
62 m awayRef 201032D182210
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 73 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: 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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 3: 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
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 73, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2018320356017 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.