Serious A17 crash in South Kesteven on 30 July 2020 at 22:14 involving a BMW 1 Series
A BMW 1 Series hit a pedestrian on the A17 in South Kesteven at 22:14 on Thursday 30 July 2020. A 49-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 30 Jul 2020
- Thursday, 22:14
- Vehicles
- 1
- BMW 1 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.03596, longitude -0.53248, in the NG32 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in South Kesteven
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020320393393
- 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
- 17
- 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
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
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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 July 2022.
Slight
DAF Trucks crash on the A17 in South Kesteven, 11 July 2022
2 m awayRef 2022320397862
Slight
DAF Trucks crash on the A17 in South Kesteven, 15 October 2025
21 m awayRef 2025320607449
Slight
Mercedes Vito crash on the A17 in South Kesteven, 11 January 2004
31 m awayRef 200432B002204
Slight
Scooter crash on the A17 in South Kesteven, 11 March 1983
47 m awayRef 198332B033983
Slight
Car crash on the A17 in South Kesteven, 29 June 1986
47 m awayRef 198632B078186
Serious
Van crash on the A17 in North Kesteven, 21 March 1981
114 m awayRef 198132B033781
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: BMW 1 Series
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
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 49, hit by vehicle 1 (BMW 1 Series)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, not crossing
- Pedestrian movement
- Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic
- 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 2020320393393 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.