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Unclassified road crash in East Lindsey LN11 on 5 December 2025 at 16:45 involving a Citroen C3

A Citroen C3, a Mazda 3 and a Volvo XC60 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in East Lindsey at 16:45 on Friday 5 December 2025. The 39-year-old male driver of the Mazda 3 and the 82-year-old female driver of the Citroen C3 were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Dec 2025
Friday, 16:45
Vehicles
3
Citroen C3 and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.36464, longitude 0.00053, in the LN11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Louth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Priory & St James', East Lindsey, LN11 0NA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in East Lindsey

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025320712076
Council area
East Lindsey
Police force
Lincolnshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Lincolnshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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, street lights lit
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
12%
Estimated chance it was slight
88%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 23 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 27 October 2025.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen C3

    Car

    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    82 years
    Engine capacity
    1,199 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 2: Mazda 3

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    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
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    20 to 100 km

  • Vehicle 3: Volvo XC60

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    2,400 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mazda 3)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived
    Distance from home
    20 to 100 km

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 82, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen C3)

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 2025320712076 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Lindsey road accident statistics for 2025.