A16 crash in Boston on 1 May 1999 at 12:05 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane and a Honda motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A16 in Boston at 12:05 on Saturday 1 May 1999. The 49-year-old male rider of the Honda motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 May 1999
- Saturday, 12:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Megane and Honda
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.97398, longitude -0.02775, in the PE21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Boston.
Map of where the crash happened in Boston
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199932C003409
- Council area
- Boston
- Police force
- Lincolnshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Lincolnshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 16
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- 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 2 December 2007.
Slight
Chrysler Voyager crash on the A16 in Boston, 2 December 2007
At the same spotRef 200732C389107
Slight
Mazda MX-3 crash on the A16 in Boston, 20 February 2008
At the same spotRef 200832C081708
Slight
Scania crash on the A52 in Boston, 25 April 2007
At the same spotRef 200732C138007
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A16 in Boston, 26 June 2025
3 m awayRef 2025320372366
Serious
Toyota Aygo crash on the A52 in Boston, 1 December 2025
5 m awayRef 2025320016341
Serious
Toyota Corolla crash on the A52 in Boston, 19 October 2013
5 m awayRef 201332B386013
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Honda
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 49 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 49, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Honda)
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 199932C003409 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 1999.