Serious A52 crash in North Kesteven on 16 October 2020 at 05:39 involving a Citroen C3
A Citroen C3 and a Yamaha FJR 1300 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A52 in North Kesteven at 05:39 on Friday 16 October 2020. The 52-year-old male rider of the Yamaha FJR 1300 motorcycle was seriously injured and the 60-year-old female driver of the Citroen C3 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 16 Oct 2020
- Friday, 05:39
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen C3 and Yamaha FJR 1300
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.91081, longitude -0.29289, in the NG34 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Kesteven
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020320549179
- Council area
- North Kesteven
- Police force
- Lincolnshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Lincolnshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 52
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 1177
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Raining, 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 May 2003.
Slight
Scania crash on the A52 in North Kesteven, 2 May 2003
6 m awayRef 200332B071203
Serious
Kawasaki ZX600 crash on the A52 in South Kesteven, 23 March 2015
144 m awayRef 2015320015479
Serious
Citroen BX crash on the A52 in South Kesteven, 8 December 1999
161 m awayRef 199932B015819
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A52 in South Kesteven, 18 December 1995
166 m awayRef 199532B012515
Slight
Vauxhall Corsavan crash on the A52 in North Kesteven, 15 September 1998
190 m awayRef 199832B008758
Slight
MG Metro crash on the B1177 in South Kesteven, 16 May 1990
197 m awayRef 199032B048290
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen C3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Yamaha FJR 1300
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,298 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 19 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen C3)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 52, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha FJR 1300)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2020320549179 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Kesteven road accident statistics for 2020.