A153 crash in North Kesteven on 15 October 2025 at 20:35 involving a Mercedes C Class
A Mercedes C Class and a Citroen DS3 were involved in a crash on the A153 in North Kesteven at 20:35 on Wednesday 15 October 2025. The 41-year-old male driver of the Mercedes C Class and the 26-year-old female driver of the Citroen DS3 were 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 Oct 2025
- Wednesday, 20:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes C Class and Citroen DS3
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.03931, longitude -0.34892, in the NG34 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Kesteven
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025320607237
- 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
- 153
- 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
- 11%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 89%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 40 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 November 2010.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A153 in North Kesteven, 14 November 2010
40 m awayRef 201032D349710
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A153 in North Kesteven, 10 October 2007
51 m awayRef 200732B334207
Serious
Honda ST1100M crash on the B1395 in North Kesteven, 26 August 1993
67 m awayRef 199332B006723
Serious
Rover 400 Series crash on the A153 in North Kesteven, 30 November 2009
91 m awayRef 200932D368809
Serious
Rover 75 crash on the A153 in North Kesteven, 15 December 2009
91 m awayRef 200932D377409
Slight
Car crash on the A153 in North Kesteven, 4 April 1980
101 m awayRef 198032B034480
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Vehicle 2: Citroen DS3
Car
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes C Class)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen DS3)
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 2025320607237 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.