B1397 crash in Boston on 25 October 2000 at 21:40 involving a Rover 400 Series
A Rover 400 Series and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the B1397 in Boston at 21:40 on Wednesday 25 October 2000. The 72-year-old female driver of the Rover 400 Series and a 75-year-old female passenger in the Rover 400 Series were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Oct 2000
- Wednesday, 21:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Rover 400 Series and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.95763, longitude -0.03906, 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
- 200032C012310
- Council area
- Boston
- Police force
- Lincolnshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Lincolnshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1397
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 November 2006.
Slight
Vauxhall Meriva crash on the B1397 in Boston, 22 November 2006
10 m awayRef 200632C367706
Slight
Car crash on the B1397 in Boston, 25 September 2001
10 m awayRef 200132C125901
Slight
Rover 600 Series crash on the B1397 in Boston, 22 May 2009
10 m awayRef 200932C133709
Serious
Jaguar XF Series crash on the B1397 in Boston, 3 December 2025
10 m awayRef 2025320707359
Slight
Jaguar XF Series crash on the B1397 in Boston, 11 December 2014
14 m awayRef 2014320062278
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the B1397 in Boston, 25 October 2006
14 m awayRef 200632C330706
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Rover 400 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 72 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,590 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 72, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 400 Series)
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 75, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 400 Series)
- 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 200032C012310 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.