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Serious A17 crash in Boston on 20 December 1997 at 16:20 involving a Ford Transit minibus

A Ford Transit minibus and a Ford Sierra were involved in a crash on the A17 in Boston at 16:20 on Saturday 20 December 1997. The 60-year-old female driver of the Ford Sierra was seriously injured and the 23-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit minibus was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fog or mist on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
20 Dec 1997
Saturday, 16:20
Vehicles
2
Ford Transit and Ford Sierra
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.97055, longitude -0.18922, in the PE20 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Boston

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199732A010557
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
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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 15 April 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    60 years
    Engine capacity
    1,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Sierra)

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 199732A010557 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.