B1517 crash in North Kesteven on 18 October 2025 at 18:25 involving a Lexmoto ZSX motorcycle
Four vehicles, including a Lexmoto ZSX motorcycle and a BMW X3, were involved in a crash on the B1517 in North Kesteven at 18:25 on Saturday 18 October 2025. The 19-year-old male rider of the Lexmoto ZSX motorcycle and the 48-year-old male driver of the Audi A3 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Oct 2025
- Saturday, 18:25
- Vehicles
- 4
- Lexmoto ZSX and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.99097, longitude -0.43265, in the NG34 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sleaford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sleaford Quarrington & Mareham, North Kesteven, NG34 7NY area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025320613491
- 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
- Single carriageway
- 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
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Carriageway hazards
- Involvement with previous collision
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 18%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 82%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 12 July 2016.
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B1517 in North Kesteven, 12 July 2016
6 m awayRef 2016320191348
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A153 in North Kesteven, 12 April 2009
7 m awayRef 200932D097009
Serious
BMW 3 Series crash on the B1517 in North Kesteven, 17 May 2007
7 m awayRef 200732B158907
Slight
Audi A3 crash on the B1517 in North Kesteven, 2 December 2015
7 m awayRef 2015320130680
Slight
Car crash on the A15 in North Kesteven, 28 November 1989
15 m awayRef 198932B117189
Serious
Triumph crash on the A153 in North Kesteven, 4 April 1998
15 m awayRef 199832B003108
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Lexmoto ZSX
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Vehicle 2: BMW X3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 3: Audi A3
Car
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- Hit object in carriageway
- Previous accident
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 4: Ford Tourneo
Minibus (8 to 16 seats)
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 19, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Lexmoto ZSX)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Audi A3)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 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 2025320613491 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.