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Serious A17 crash in Boston on 3 July 1991 at 09:32 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra and a BMW 5 Series were involved in a crash on the A17 in Boston at 09:32 on Wednesday 3 July 1991. A 19-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Astra was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
3 Jul 1991
Wednesday, 09:32
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and BMW 5 Series
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.9084, longitude -0.12341, in the PE20 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Boston

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199132A052191
Council area
Boston
Police force
Lincolnshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
17
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 12 December 1979.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: BMW 5 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    59 years
    Engine capacity
    1,990 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 199132A052191 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 1991.