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Serious A16 crash in Boston on 3 December 1992 at 05:02 involving a Ford Sapphire

A Ford Sapphire and another vehicle were involved in a crash on the A16 in Boston at 05:02 on Thursday 3 December 1992. The 31-year-old male driver of the Ford Sapphire was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
3 Dec 1992
Thursday, 05:02
Vehicles
2
Ford Sapphire and other vehicle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.99462, longitude -0.00791, in the PE21 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Boston

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199232A099992
Council area
Boston
Police force
Lincolnshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
16
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 71 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 October 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Sapphire

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Electric
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Sapphire)

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 199232A099992 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 1992.