Serious A1 crash in West Lindsey on 2 September 2019 at 10:45 involving a Citroen C5
A Citroen C5, a Ford KA and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on the A1 in West Lindsey at 10:45 on Monday 2 September 2019. There were four casualties: two people were seriously injured and two 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
- Serious
- Date
- 2 Sep 2019
- Monday, 10:45
- Vehicles
- 3
- Citroen C5 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 2 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.2546, longitude -0.5138, 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
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019320467326
- 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
- 1
- 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
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 1
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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 August 1997.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A46 in West Lindsey, 25 August 1997
7 m awayRef 199732D006627
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A46 in West Lindsey, 7 January 2004
9 m awayRef 200432D001604
Slight
Volvo C70 crash on the A46 in West Lindsey, 26 March 2015
16 m awayRef 2015320016265
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A46 in West Lindsey, 21 September 2014
21 m awayRef 2014320045254
Slight
Hyundai i10 crash on the A46 in West Lindsey, 17 December 2025
21 m awayRef 2025320737048
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A46 in West Lindsey, 18 September 2019
22 m awayRef 2019320503291
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Citroen C5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 79 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford KA
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford KA)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Renault Clio)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 11, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Renault Clio)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 11, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Renault Clio)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2019320467326 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 2019.