A16 crash in Boston on 15 December 1986 at 07:30 involving a car

A car and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A16 in Boston at 07:30 on Monday 15 December 1986. The 56-year-old female cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 15 Dec 1986; Monday, 07:30
Vehicles: 2; Car and bicycle
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198632A137586
Council area: Boston
Police force: Lincolnshire

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 16
Road type: Dual carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control: Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class: Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities: Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Dark, street lights lit
Weather: Raining, no high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
Travelling from
South West
Travelling to
North East
First point of impact
Front
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
South West
Travelling to
North East
First point of impact
Offside
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
56 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Cyclist
Slight
Female, aged 56, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 198632A137586 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.