A52 crash in Boston on 7 December 1986 at 01:20 involving a car

A car crashed on the A52 in Boston at 01:20 on Sunday 7 December 1986. The 30-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 7 Dec 1986; Sunday, 01:20
Vehicles: 1; Car
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198632A132586
Council area: Boston
Police force: Lincolnshire

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 52
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 60 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: Dark, street lights lit
Weather: Fine, no high winds
Road surface: Frost or ice

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
East
Travelling to
West
Lane or location
Not on carriageway
Skidding and overturning
Skidded
Leaving the carriageway
Offside
Hit object off carriageway
Tree
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
30 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Male, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 198632A132586 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 1986.