M180 crash in North Lincolnshire on 23 January 2020 at 20:30 involving a Toyota Prius
A Toyota Prius and a Volkswagen Passat were involved in a crash on the M180 in North Lincolnshire at 20:30 on Thursday 23 January 2020. The 47-year-old male driver of the Toyota Prius, the 55-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Passat and a 27-year-old male passenger in the Volkswagen Passat were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Jan 2020
- Thursday, 20:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Prius and Volkswagen Passat
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.55517, longitude -0.70654, in the DN17 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Lincolnshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020160922744
- Council area
- North Lincolnshire
- Police force
- Humberside
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 180
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Carriageway hazards
- Involvement with previous collision
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 17 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 February 2017.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the M180 in North Lincolnshire, 9 February 2017
17 m awayRef 2017160156649
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the M180 in North Lincolnshire, 21 September 2020
30 m awayRef 2020160984281
Slight
Car crash on the M180 in North Lincolnshire, 18 February 2006
32 m awayRef 2006160B00590
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A15 in North Lincolnshire, 4 September 2019
41 m awayRef 2019160874479
Slight
Scania crash on the M180 in North Lincolnshire, 11 October 2007
49 m awayRef 2007160B04500
Slight
Mercedes crash on the M180 in North Lincolnshire, 5 January 2017
60 m awayRef 2017160143471
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Prius
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,791 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Passat
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Previous accident
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Prius)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Passat)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Passat)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2020160922744 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Lincolnshire road accident statistics for 2020.