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A17 crash in Boston on 27 July 1985 at 12:18 involving a car

A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A17 in Boston at 12:18 on Saturday 27 July 1985. The 16-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Jul 1985
Saturday, 12:18
Vehicles
2
Car and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.94402, longitude -0.15907, in the PE20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Swineshead.

Map of where the crash happened in Boston

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198532A080685
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
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
Special conditions at the site
Road surface defective
Carriageway hazards
Poor or defective road surface

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 1 September 1979.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    65 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    16 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

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 198532A080685 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 1985.