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A17 crash in Boston on 21 September 1998 at 17:03 involving a Rover 200 Series

A Rover 200 Series and a minibus were involved in a crash on the A17 in Boston at 17:03 on Monday 21 September 1998. All fourteen casualties were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Sep 1998
Monday, 17:03
Vehicles
2
Rover 200 Series and minibus
Casualties
14
14 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.96873, longitude -0.18781, in the PE20 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Boston

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199832A007978
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
T or staggered junction
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 16 February 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    71 years
    Engine capacity
    1,590 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Minibus

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    34 years

Casualties (14)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 71, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 200 Series)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 34, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 17, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 16, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 46, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 7: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 36, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 8: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 15, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 9: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 25, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 10: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 17, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 11: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 40, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 12: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 34, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 13: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 40, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 14: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 200 Series)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 15: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 74, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 200 Series)

    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 199832A007978 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.