B1189 crash in North Kesteven on 7 April 2025 at 17:20 involving a Suzuki Swift
A Suzuki Swift and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the B1189 in North Kesteven at 17:20 on Monday 7 April 2025. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Apr 2025
- Monday, 17:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Suzuki Swift and Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.13861, longitude -0.36398, in the LN4 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Kesteven
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025320201679
- 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
- 1189
- 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
- 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
- 40%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 60%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 October 2004.
Slight
Vauxhall Omega crash on the B1189 in North Kesteven, 22 October 2004
8 m awayRef 200432D156304
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B1189 in North Kesteven, 3 November 2024
62 m awayRef 2024320656558
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the B1189 in North Kesteven, 6 August 2005
102 m awayRef 200532D053305
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B1189 in North Kesteven, 9 September 2009
102 m awayRef 200932D264509
Serious
Citroen BX crash on the B1189 in North Kesteven, 8 December 1990
128 m awayRef 199032B128890
Slight
Car crash on the B1189 in North Kesteven, 13 April 1984
192 m awayRef 198432D060284
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki Swift
Car
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 9, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki Swift)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 11, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki Swift)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 10 to 20 km
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki Swift)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 4: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
- 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 2025320201679 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.