B1378 crash in Lincoln on 14 December 2019 at 14:15 involving a Skoda Octavia
A Skoda Octavia and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on the B1378 in Lincoln at 14:15 on Saturday 14 December 2019. The 47-year-old female driver of the Skoda Octavia, the 58-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Polo and a 57-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Polo were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Dec 2019
- Saturday, 14:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Skoda Octavia and Volkswagen Polo
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.22272, longitude -0.59333, in the LN6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lincoln. It is one of the crashes that make up the Birchwood, Lincoln, LN6 0UJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Lincoln
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019320670352
- Council area
- Lincoln
- Police force
- Lincolnshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Lincolnshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1378
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 12%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 88%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 June 2002.
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the B1378 in Lincoln, 13 June 2002
10 m awayRef 200232D088502
Slight
Mazda MX-6 crash on the B1378 in Lincoln, 11 November 2005
10 m awayRef 200532D076105
Serious
Ford Transit Connect crash on the B1378 in Lincoln, 11 January 2025
12 m awayRef 2025320019863
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B1378 in Lincoln, 29 October 2010
12 m awayRef 201032D329210
Fatal
Car crash on a C road in Lincoln, 14 September 1984
16 m awayRef 198432D149684
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B1378 in Lincoln, 21 August 1996
26 m awayRef 199632D006216
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Skoda Octavia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North 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
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Skoda Octavia)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2019320670352 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lincoln road accident statistics for 2019.