A16 crash in Boston on 19 December 1999 at 16:41 involving a Nissan Sunny
A Nissan Sunny and a Citroen BX were involved in a crash on the A16 in Boston at 16:41 on Sunday 19 December 1999. The 34-year-old female driver of the Nissan Sunny, the 58-year-old male driver of the Citroen BX and a 24-year-old female passenger in the Citroen BX were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Dec 1999
- Sunday, 16:41
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Sunny and Citroen BX
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.97832, longitude -0.01831, in the PE21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Boston.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199932C013159
- 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
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Human crossing control by other authorised person
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 18 October 1995.
Slight
Vauxhall Carlton crash on the A16 in Boston, 18 October 1995
At the same spotRef 199532A008665
Slight
Skoda Favorit crash on the A16 in Boston, 28 February 2004
At the same spotRef 200432C023204
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A16 in Boston, 13 July 2004
At the same spotRef 200432C087604
Serious
DAF Trucks FA 45LF crash on the A16 in Boston, 4 September 2007
At the same spotRef 200732C283107
Slight
Land Rover Freelander crash on the A16 in Boston, 23 November 2013
4 m awayRef 201332B439713
Slight
Peugeot 208 crash on the A52 in Boston, 31 January 2018
7 m awayRef 2018320049556
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Sunny
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,270 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen BX
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,905 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Sunny)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen BX)
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen BX)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 199932C013159 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.