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A17 crash in Boston on 21 July 1997 at 07:00 involving a Scania lorry

Two Scania lorries and a MAN lorry were involved in a crash on the A17 in Boston at 07:00 on Monday 21 July 1997. The 45-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fog or mist on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Jul 1997
Monday, 07:00
Vehicles
3
Scania and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.96505, longitude -0.18201, 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
199732A005957
Council area
Boston
Police force
Lincolnshire
Highway authority
Lincolnshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
17
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Fog or mist
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 9 June 1990.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Scania

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    11,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Scania

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years

  • Vehicle 3: MAN

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    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
    31 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 45, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 2 (Scania)

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 199732A005957 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.