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Serious unclassified road crash in Boston PE21 on 26 May 1990 at 12:50 involving a Honda CB750F motorcycle

A Honda CB750F motorcycle and a Ford Cortina were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Boston at 12:50 on Saturday 26 May 1990. The 28-year-old male rider of the Honda CB750F motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 May 1990
Saturday, 12:50
Vehicles
2
Honda CB750F and Ford Cortina
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.96323, longitude 0.0036, in the PE21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Boston.

Map of where the crash happened in Boston

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199032A045690
Council area
Boston
Police force
Lincolnshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 42 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 January 1983.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda CB750F

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    748 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Cortina

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    South East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,593 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 28, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Honda CB750F)

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 199032A045690 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 1990.