Serious A52 crash in Boston on 6 May 1993 at 17:21 involving a Rover 200 Series
A Rover 200 Series and a Yamaha motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A52 in Boston at 17:21 on Thursday 6 May 1993. The 28-year-old male driver of the Rover 200 Series and the 27-year-old male rider of the Yamaha motorcycle were 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
- 6 May 1993
- Thursday, 17:21
- Vehicles
- 2
- Rover 200 Series and Yamaha
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.02787, longitude 0.09801, in the PE22 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199332A003373
- Council area
- Boston
- Police force
- Lincolnshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 52
- 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
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The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 November 1996.
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Rover 200 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,342 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Yamaha
Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 200 Series)
Casualty 3: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 27, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Yamaha)
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 199332A003373 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 1993.