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A16 crash in Boston on 8 February 2002 at 19:00 involving a Rover Metro

A Rover Metro and a car were involved in a crash on the A16 in Boston at 19:00 on Friday 8 February 2002. The 45-year-old male driver of the Rover Metro and a 41-year-old female passenger in the Rover Metro were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine but windy weather on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Feb 2002
Friday, 19:00
Vehicles
2
Rover Metro and car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.88995, longitude -0.08434, in the PE20 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Five Village, Boston, PE20 2LF area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Boston

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200232C017002
Council area
Boston
Police force
Lincolnshire
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Lincolnshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
16
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
17

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 2 July 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Metro)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Metro)

    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 200232C017002 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 2002.