Serious A631 crash in East Lindsey on 31 July 2022 at 15:15 involving a Seat Ibiza
A Seat Ibiza and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the A631 in East Lindsey at 15:15 on Sunday 31 July 2022. There were six casualties: five people were seriously injured and one was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 31 Jul 2022
- Sunday, 15:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Seat Ibiza and Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 6
- 5 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.38336, longitude -0.20659, in the LN8 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Market Rasen, West Lindsey, LN8 3RN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in East Lindsey
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022320441979
- 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
- 631
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- C
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, 21 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 September 1995.
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A631 in East Lindsey, 24 September 1995
21 m awayRef 199532C007675
Slight
Fiat Cinquecento crash on the A631 in East Lindsey, 11 June 2004
28 m awayRef 200432C072504
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the A631 in East Lindsey, 23 March 2011
48 m awayRef 201132C074111
Slight
Vauxhall Insignia crash on the A631 in East Lindsey, 9 August 2025
70 m awayRef 2025320468027
Slight
Foden crash on the B1225 in East Lindsey, 11 November 1995
84 m awayRef 199532C009035
Slight
Vehicle crash on the A631 in East Lindsey, 30 July 1997
118 m awayRef 199732C005297
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Seat Ibiza
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,197 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (6)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Seat Ibiza)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 9, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Seat Ibiza)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 8, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Seat Ibiza)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 5: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Seat Ibiza)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 6: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 6, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Seat Ibiza)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2022320441979 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 2022.