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Serious A17 crash in Boston on 3 December 1997 at 09:30 involving an Iveco-Ford lorry

An Iveco-Ford lorry and a Lada Riva were involved in a crash on the A17 in Boston at 09:30 on Wednesday 3 December 1997. The 55-year-old male driver of the Iveco-Ford lorry and the 43-year-old female driver of the Lada Riva were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
3 Dec 1997
Wednesday, 09:30
Vehicles
2
Iveco-Ford and Lada Riva
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.89828, longitude -0.10898, in the PE20 postcode district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199732A010097
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
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
1397

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 20 April 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Iveco-Ford

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years
    Engine capacity
    13,798 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Lada Riva

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,452 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 55, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Iveco-Ford)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Lada Riva)

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 199732A010097 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.