Serious A157 crash in East Lindsey on 31 May 2020 at 12:45 involving a Ford Ka+
A Ford Ka+ and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A157 in East Lindsey at 12:45 on Sunday 31 May 2020. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 31 May 2020
- Sunday, 12:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Ka+ and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 4
- 1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.35762, longitude -0.18982, in the LN8 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Binbrook, East Lindsey, LN8 6LB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in East Lindsey
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020320275242
- Council area
- East Lindsey
- Police force
- Lincolnshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Lincolnshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 157
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 1225
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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 24 October 2020.
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the A157 in East Lindsey, 24 October 2020
1 m awayRef 2020320561638
Slight
Peugeot 308 crash on the A157 in East Lindsey, 26 August 2013
1 m awayRef 201332E307113
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A157 in East Lindsey, 28 February 2020
1 m awayRef 2020320114543
Serious
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A157 in East Lindsey, 21 May 2025
1 m awayRef 2025320294047
Slight
Ford Tourneo crash on the A157 in East Lindsey, 5 January 2024
1 m awayRef 2024320009223
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A157 in East Lindsey, 12 May 2019
1 m awayRef 2019320241425
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Ka+
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Wall or fence
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Ka+)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Ka+)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 12, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 2020320275242 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Lindsey road accident statistics for 2020.