A1137 crash in Boston on 17 December 1986 at 12:45 involving a bicycle

A bicycle and a motor scooter were involved in a crash on the A1137 in Boston at 12:45 on Wednesday 17 December 1986. The 22-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 17 Dec 1986; Wednesday, 12:45
Vehicles: 2; Bicycle and motor scooter
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198632A138286
Council area: Boston
Police force: Lincolnshire

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 1137
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: T or staggered junction
Junction control: Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class: Unclassified

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

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
South
Travelling to
East
First point of impact
Back
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
22 years
Vehicle 2: Motor scooter
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
South
Travelling to
North
First point of impact
Nearside

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Cyclist
Slight
Male, aged 22, on vehicle 1 (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 198632A138286 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.