A1 crash in South Kesteven on 17 March 2020 at 10:46 involving a Vauxhall Vivaro van
A car and a Vauxhall Vivaro van were involved in a crash on the A1 in South Kesteven at 10:46 on Tuesday 17 March 2020. The 52-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Mar 2020
- Tuesday, 10:46
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Vauxhall Vivaro
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.79393, longitude -0.61049, in the NG33 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in South Kesteven
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020320149245
- 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
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 April 1985.
Slight
Lorry crash on the A1 in South Kesteven, 28 April 1985
22 m awayRef 198532B050385
Fatal
Car crash on the A1 in South Kesteven, 11 August 1984
22 m awayRef 198432B095984
Slight
Car crash on the A1 in South Kesteven, 27 November 1983
22 m awayRef 198332B153183
Serious
Ducati crash on the A1 in South Kesteven, 29 August 1999
22 m awayRef 199932B010709
Slight
Citroen C3 crash on the A1 in South Kesteven, 27 October 2025
33 m awayRef 2025320630499
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A1 in South Kesteven, 16 February 1995
41 m awayRef 199532B001645
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- 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
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vivaro
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- 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 2020320149245 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 2020.