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Serious unclassified road crash in Boston PE22 on 24 May 1996 at 08:35 involving a Bedford bus

A lorry and a Bedford bus were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Boston at 08:35 on Friday 24 May 1996. There were 25 casualties: 1 person was seriously injured and 24 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
24 May 1996
Friday, 08:35
Vehicles
2
Lorry and Bedford
Casualties
25
1 seriously injured, 24 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.0388, longitude 0.08959, in the PE22 postcode district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199632A003806
Council area
Boston
Police force
Lincolnshire
Highway authority
Lincolnshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 100 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 April 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bedford

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    8,198 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (25)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 12, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bedford)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 15, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bedford)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 14, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bedford)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 13, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bedford)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 7: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 11, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bedford)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 8: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 14, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bedford)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 9: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 12, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bedford)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 10: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 10, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bedford)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 12: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 6, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bedford)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 13: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 10, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bedford)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 14: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 6, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bedford)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 15: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 8, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bedford)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 16: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 9, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bedford)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 17: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 7, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bedford)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 18: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 5, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bedford)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 19: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 7, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bedford)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 20: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 10, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bedford)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 21: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 11, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bedford)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 22: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 9, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bedford)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 23: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 7, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bedford)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 24: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 10, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bedford)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 25: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 8, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bedford)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 26: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 4, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bedford)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 27: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 6, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bedford)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 34: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bedford)

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 199632A003806 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 1996.