A15 crash in North Kesteven on 15 January 2024 at 21:00 involving a Mercedes Citan lorry
A Mercedes Citan lorry crashed on the A15 in North Kesteven at 21:00 on Monday 15 January 2024. The 52-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Jan 2024
- Monday, 21:00
- Vehicles
- 1
- Mercedes Citan
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.06023, longitude -0.45502, 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
- 2024320030380
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- 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
- 13%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 87%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 April 2011.
Slight
Smart Fortwo crash on the A15 in North Kesteven, 21 April 2011
11 m awayRef 201132D108611
Serious
Subaru Legacy crash on the A15 in North Kesteven, 8 July 2004
21 m awayRef 200432B106804
Slight
Toyota Aygo crash on the A15 in North Kesteven, 26 March 2012
21 m awayRef 201232N078812
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A15 in North Kesteven, 8 September 2014
25 m awayRef 2014320042799
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A15 in North Kesteven, 13 September 2024
25 m awayRef 2024320547571
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A15 in North Kesteven, 29 August 2001
33 m awayRef 200132B112301
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes Citan
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Road sign or traffic signal
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 20 to 100 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 52, goods vehicle occupant (7.5 tonnes and over), in vehicle 1 (Mercedes Citan)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 20 to 100 km
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 2024320030380 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 2024.