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Serious A52 crash in Boston on 8 May 1997 at 15:50 involving a Rover 200 Series

A bicycle and a Rover 200 Series were involved in a crash on the A52 in Boston at 15:50 on Thursday 8 May 1997. The 15-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
8 May 1997
Thursday, 15:50
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and Rover 200 Series
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.03738, longitude 0.11935, in the PE22 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Boston

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199732A003667
Council area
Boston
Police force
Lincolnshire
Highway authority
Lincolnshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
52
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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 slight injury crash on 25 October 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    15 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 15, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

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 199732A003667 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 1997.