A15 crash in North Kesteven on 5 January 2021 at 13:10 involving a MAN lorry
A car, a taxi and a MAN lorry were involved in a crash on the A15 in North Kesteven at 13:10 on Tuesday 5 January 2021. The 30-year-old male driver of the car and the 21-year-old female driver of the taxi were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Jan 2021
- Tuesday, 13:10
- Vehicles
- 3
- MAN and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.06109, longitude -0.45562, in the NG34 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cranwell, Leasingham & Wilsford, North Kesteven, NG34 8RH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in North Kesteven
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021320007503
- 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
- 15
- 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
- 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
- 12%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 88%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 4 May 2023.
Serious
Honda crash on the A15 in North Kesteven, 4 May 2023
5 m awayRef 2023320269853
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A15 in North Kesteven, 2 September 2016
14 m awayRef 2016320274630
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A15 in North Kesteven, 7 December 2023
16 m awayRef 2023320752923
Slight
Car crash on the A15 in North Kesteven, 26 March 2002
17 m awayRef 200232B043802
Serious
Kawasaki AR125 crash on the A15 in North Kesteven, 21 September 2001
19 m awayRef 200132B125001
Serious
Audi A3 crash on the A15 in North Kesteven, 6 December 2025
34 m awayRef 2025320714295
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Taxi
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 3: MAN
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- 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
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 12,419 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 21, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Taxi)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2021320007503 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 2021.