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Fatal A16 crash in Boston on 17 September 1982 at 17:25 involving a car

Two cars and a lorry were involved in a crash on the A16 in Boston at 17:25 on Friday 17 September 1982. A 19-year-old male passenger in vehicle 1 was killed and three other people were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
17 Sep 1982
Friday, 17:25
Vehicles
3
Car and 2 others
Casualties
4
1 killed, 3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.91669, longitude -0.07991, in the PE20 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Boston

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198232A097682
Council area
Boston
Police force
Lincolnshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
16
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 100 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 January 1994.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years

  • Vehicle 3: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Fatal

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 37, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 3 (Lorry)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 54, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 3 (Lorry)

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 198232A097682 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 1982.