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A17 crash in Boston on 14 December 1997 at 08:10 involving a Ford Transit minibus

A Ford Transit minibus crashed on the A17 in Boston at 08:10 on Sunday 14 December 1997. The 19-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fog or mist on a wet roundabout with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Dec 1997
Sunday, 08:10
Vehicles
1
Ford Transit
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.93229, longitude -0.1566, in the PE20 postcode district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199732A010377
Council area
Boston
Police force
Lincolnshire
Highway authority
Lincolnshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
17
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
52

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fog or mist
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 August 1993.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Central island of roundabout
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    2,500 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, 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 199732A010377 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.