Serious B1273 crash in Lincoln on 14 September 2022 at 21:59 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the B1273 in Lincoln at 21:59 on Wednesday 14 September 2022. The 48-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Corsa was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 14 Sep 2022
- Wednesday, 21:59
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.22686, longitude -0.55032, in the LN6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lincoln. It is one of the crashes that make up the Boultham, Lincoln, LN5 7AL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Lincoln
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022320537122
- Council area
- Lincoln
- Police force
- Lincolnshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Lincolnshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1273
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- B
- Second road number
- 1003
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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 fatal crash on 12 November 2023.
Fatal
Ford Focus crash on the B1273 in Lincoln, 12 November 2023
2 m awayRef 2023320701555
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Lincoln, 29 January 2020
2 m awayRef 2020320055740
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B1273 in Lincoln, 8 May 2024
5 m awayRef 2024320268938
Slight
Audi A3 crash on the B1273 in Lincoln, 9 December 2025
7 m awayRef 2025320720762
Serious
Citroen C2 crash on the B1003 in Lincoln, 16 November 2019
13 m awayRef 2019320614761
Slight
Vauxhall Insignia crash on the B1273 in Lincoln, 16 December 2017
13 m awayRef 2017320549785
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North 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
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 18 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- 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 2022320537122 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lincoln road accident statistics for 2022.