A631 crash in West Lindsey on 31 October 2025 at 21:20 involving a Mercedes A Class
A bicycle and a Mercedes A Class were involved in a crash on the A631 in West Lindsey at 21:20 on Friday 31 October 2025. The 42-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Oct 2025
- Friday, 21:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Mercedes A Class
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.39257, longitude -0.77307, in the DN21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Gainsborough. It is one of the crashes that make up the Gainsborough South-West, West Lindsey, DN21 2AJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in West Lindsey
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025320639710
- 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
- 631
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 156
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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 10%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 90%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 September 2013.
Slight
Honda Jazz crash on the A631 in West Lindsey, 25 September 2013
3 m awayRef 201332L358013
Slight
Citroen BX crash on the A631 in West Lindsey, 26 March 1990
4 m awayRef 199032E020390
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A631 in West Lindsey, 15 July 2001
4 m awayRef 200132D088501
Serious
Car crash on the A159 in West Lindsey, 11 June 1989
4 m awayRef 198932E034189
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A631 in West Lindsey, 19 January 2007
4 m awayRef 200732D018407
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A159 in West Lindsey, 11 October 1990
6 m awayRef 199032E070390
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Mercedes A Class
Car
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 42, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most 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 2025320639710 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.