B1168 crash in South Holland on 27 December 2025 at 11:15 involving a Mercedes Sprinter van
A Mercedes Sprinter van crashed on the B1168 in South Holland at 11:15 on Saturday 27 December 2025. The 52-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Dec 2025
- Saturday, 11:15
- Vehicles
- 1
- Mercedes Sprinter
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.7315, longitude -0.01182, in the PE12 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in South Holland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025320753573
- Council area
- South Holland
- Police force
- Lincolnshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Lincolnshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1168
- 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
- Daylight
- 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, 55 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 September 1996.
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the B1168 in South Holland, 27 September 1996
55 m awayRef 199632A007166
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B1168 in South Holland, 25 October 2011
187 m awayRef 201132B309611
Fatal
Hyundai Tucson crash on the B1168 in South Holland, 13 November 2022
227 m awayRef 2022320665160
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the B1168 in South Holland, 27 November 2003
333 m awayRef 200332B200003
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the B1168 in South Holland, 8 April 2017
365 m awayRef 2017320147608
Slight
Nissan Primera crash on the B1168 in South Holland, 10 July 2003
423 m awayRef 200332B113903
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes Sprinter
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,950 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Over 100 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 52, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes Sprinter)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Over 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 2025320753573 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Holland road accident statistics for 2025.