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Serious A52 crash in Boston on 5 July 1990 at 11:40 involving a Talbot Solara

A Talbot Solara and a Honda SH50H motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A52 in Boston at 11:40 on Thursday 5 July 1990. The 62-year-old male rider of the Honda SH50H motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
5 Jul 1990
Thursday, 11:40
Vehicles
2
Talbot Solara and Honda SH50H
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.97685, longitude -0.03107, 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
199032A059290
Council area
Boston
Police force
Lincolnshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
52
Road type
Roundabout
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
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 October 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Talbot Solara

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    1,592 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda SH50H

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    62 years
    Engine capacity
    49 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 62, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Honda SH50H)

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 199032A059290 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.