A1 crash in South Kesteven on 8 May 2024 at 13:00 involving a Nissan Almera
A Nissan Almera and a Volvo lorry were involved in a crash on the A1 in South Kesteven at 13:00 on Wednesday 8 May 2024. The 28-year-old female driver of the Nissan Almera was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 May 2024
- Wednesday, 13:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Almera and Volvo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.85444, longitude -0.62796, in the NG33 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in South Kesteven
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2024320268698
- Council area
- South Kesteven
- Police force
- Lincolnshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Lincolnshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 July 2025.
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A1 in South Kesteven, 3 July 2025
5 m awayRef 2025320388122
Serious
Car crash on the A1 in South Kesteven, 17 January 1989
34 m awayRef 198932B002589
Slight
MG MGF crash on the A1 in South Kesteven, 1 November 2012
34 m awayRef 201232N323812
Slight
Iveco crash on the A1 in South Kesteven, 6 February 2013
64 m awayRef 201332N042813
Slight
Volkswagen Jetta crash on the A1 in South Kesteven, 27 April 2015
65 m awayRef 2015320022567
Slight
Van crash on the A1 in South Kesteven, 1 March 1985
71 m awayRef 198532B027385
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Almera
Car
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,769 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 21 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Vehicle 2: Volvo
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 12,777 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Over 100 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Almera)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 5 to 10 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 2024320268698 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Kesteven road accident statistics for 2024.