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A46 crash in West Lindsey on 17 September 2025 at 15:45 involving a Hyundai i30

A Hyundai i30 and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on the A46 in West Lindsey at 15:45 on Wednesday 17 September 2025. The 76-year-old male driver of the Hyundai i30 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Sep 2025
Wednesday, 15:45
Vehicles
2
Hyundai i30 and Volkswagen Polo
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.34673, longitude -0.39773, in the LN8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in West Lindsey

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025320548908
Council area
West Lindsey
Police force
Lincolnshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Lincolnshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
46
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
7%
Estimated chance it was slight
93%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 63 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 July 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Hyundai i30

    Car

    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    76 years
    Engine capacity
    1,582 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    20 to 100 km

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    Yes
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    5 to 10 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 76, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Hyundai i30)

    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 2025320548908 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Lindsey road accident statistics for 2025.