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A52 crash in Boston on 16 October 1997 at 13:50 involving a Ford Transit minibus

A Ford Transit minibus crashed on the A52 in Boston at 13:50 on Thursday 16 October 1997. All nine casualties were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Oct 1997
Thursday, 13:50
Vehicles
1
Ford Transit
Casualties
9
9 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.04406, longitude 0.14802, in the PE22 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Boston

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199732A008557
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
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 November 1992.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    2,496 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (9)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 44, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 34, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 56, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 51, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 7: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 34, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 8: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 37, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 9: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 43, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 10: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 33, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

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 199732A008557 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.