A46 crash in West Lindsey on 27 April 2022 at 16:10 involving a Kia Niro
A Kia Niro and a BMW 7 Series were involved in a crash on the A46 in West Lindsey at 16:10 on Wednesday 27 April 2022. The 51-year-old male driver of the BMW 7 Series was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Apr 2022
- Wednesday, 16:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Kia Niro and BMW 7 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.25443, longitude -0.51406, in the LN2 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Glebe, Lincoln, LN2 4UD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in West Lindsey
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022320239777
- Council area
- West Lindsey
- Police force
- Lincolnshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Lincolnshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 46
- Road type
- Dual 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
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 46
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
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 May 2010.
Slight
Yamaha TDM 900 crash on the A46 in West Lindsey, 5 May 2010
4 m awayRef 201032D132710
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A46 in West Lindsey, 18 September 2019
5 m awayRef 2019320503291
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A46 in West Lindsey, 21 September 2014
7 m awayRef 2014320045254
Slight
Triumph Tiger crash on the A46 in West Lindsey, 17 August 2025
8 m awayRef 2025320484219
Slight
Volvo C70 crash on the A46 in West Lindsey, 26 March 2015
9 m awayRef 2015320016265
Slight
Honda Jazz crash on the A46 in West Lindsey, 8 November 2007
10 m awayRef 200732D366607
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Kia Niro
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Electric
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW 7 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 7 Series)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2022320239777 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Lindsey road accident statistics for 2022.