A1121 crash in Boston on 14 December 1986 at 22:50 involving a car

A car crashed on the A1121 in Boston at 22:50 on Sunday 14 December 1986. The 22-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 14 Dec 1986; Sunday, 22:50
Vehicles: 1; Car
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198632A137386
Council area: Boston
Police force: Lincolnshire

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 1121
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, no street lighting
Weather: Fine, no high winds
Road surface: Frost or ice

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
West
Travelling to
East
Skidding and overturning
Skidded and overturned
First point of impact
Offside
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
22 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Male, aged 22, 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 198632A137386 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.