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B1517 crash in North Kesteven on 18 March 2025 at 12:15 involving a Mercedes Sprinter lorry

A Mercedes Sprinter lorry and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the B1517 in North Kesteven at 12:15 on Tuesday 18 March 2025. A 62-year-old female pedestrian hit by the Mercedes Sprinter lorry was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Mar 2025
Tuesday, 12:15
Vehicles
2
Mercedes Sprinter and Vauxhall Astra
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.9993, longitude -0.41013, in the NG34 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sleaford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sleaford Navigation, North Kesteven, NG34 7SU area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in North Kesteven

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025320156817
Council area
North Kesteven
Police force
Lincolnshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Lincolnshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1517
Road type
One way street
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
1517

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
13%
Estimated chance it was slight
87%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 February 2014.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes Sprinter

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    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
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    20 to 100 km

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go 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
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 62, hit by vehicle 1 (Mercedes Sprinter)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived
    Distance from home
    10 to 20 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 2025320156817 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 2025.