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A52 crash in Boston on 6 November 1997 at 03:40 involving a Ford Granada

A Ford Granada crashed on the A52 in Boston at 03:40 on Thursday 6 November 1997. The 33-year-old female driver and a 30-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Nov 1997
Thursday, 03:40
Vehicles
1
Ford Granada
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.99238, longitude 0.07095, 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
199732A009187
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
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 31 December 1987.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Granada

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Granada)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Granada)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 199732A009187 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.