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Serious A52 crash in Boston on 7 March 2000 at 20:36 involving a Land Rover Defender

A Land Rover Defender and a Skoda Felicia were involved in a crash on the A52 in Boston at 20:36 on Tuesday 7 March 2000. The 40-year-old male driver of the Skoda Felicia, the 19-year-old male driver of the Land Rover Defender and a 19-year-old female passenger in the Land Rover Defender were seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
7 Mar 2000
Tuesday, 20:36
Vehicles
2
Land Rover Defender and Skoda Felicia
Casualties
3
3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.05163, longitude 0.16067, in the PE22 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Boston

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200032C002040
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
52
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, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 June 2008.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Land Rover Defender

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    2,495 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Skoda Felicia

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Skoda Felicia)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Defender)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Defender)

    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 200032C002040 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 2000.