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Serious A17 crash in Boston on 5 January 1998 at 21:10 involving an Austin Morris Mini

An Austin Morris Mini and a Nissan Bluebird were involved in a crash on the A17 in Boston at 21:10 on Monday 5 January 1998. The 19-year-old female driver of the Austin Morris Mini was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a snow-covered single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
5 Jan 1998
Monday, 21:10
Vehicles
2
Austin Morris Mini and Nissan Bluebird
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.87204, longitude -0.04325, in the PE12 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Boston

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199832A000178
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
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Snow

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 October 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Morris Mini

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,098 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    20 years

  • Vehicle 2: Nissan Bluebird

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Morris Mini)

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 199832A000178 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 1998.