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A17 crash in Boston on 22 February 1980 at 04:55 involving a minibus

A minibus crashed on the A17 in Boston at 04:55 on Friday 22 February 1980. All four casualties were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Feb 1980
Friday, 04:55
Vehicles
1
Minibus
Casualties
4
4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.9404, longitude -0.15774, in the PE20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Swineshead.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198032A018480
Council area
Boston
Police force
Lincolnshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
17
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 1 March 1990.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Minibus

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 36, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 36, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)

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 198032A018480 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Boston road accident statistics for 1980.