A16 crash in Boston on 10 December 1992 at 12:02 involving a Ford Fiesta
Four vehicles, including a Ford Fiesta and a BMW 5 Series, were involved in a crash on the A16 in Boston at 12:02 on Thursday 10 December 1992. All six casualties were slightly 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
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Dec 1992
- Thursday, 12:02
- Vehicles
- 4
- Ford Fiesta and 3 others
- Casualties
- 6
- 6 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.91775, longitude -0.1468, in the PE20 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Boston
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199232A103192
- 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
- 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, 100 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 December 1990.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A17 in Boston, 4 December 1990
100 m awayRef 199032A108890
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A17 in Boston, 18 May 2015
103 m awayRef 2015320032947
Slight
Yamaha YZF R125 crash on the A17 in Boston, 27 June 2013
108 m awayRef 201332B222313
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the A17 in Boston, 10 November 2000
110 m awayRef 200032C013100
Slight
Kia Ceed crash on the A17 in Boston, 30 May 2024
113 m awayRef 2024320317282
Slight
Suzuki crash on the A17 in Boston, 12 March 1990
141 m awayRef 199032A022990
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 957 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: BMW 5 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,494 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 3: Austin Metro
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 66 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,275 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 4: Scania
Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
Casualties (6)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 5 Series)
Casualty 4: Driver
SlightMale, aged 66, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Austin Metro)
Casualty 6: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Austin Metro)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 7: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Austin Metro)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 8: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Austin Metro)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 199232A103192 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.