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Serious A52 crash in Boston on 14 February 2002 at 16:45 involving a Proton Proton

A Proton Proton and a Ford Puma were involved in a crash on the A52 in Boston at 16:45 on Thursday 14 February 2002. The 88-year-old male driver of the Proton Proton was seriously injured and the 42-year-old female driver of the Ford Puma was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
14 Feb 2002
Thursday, 16:45
Vehicles
2
Proton Proton and Ford Puma
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.93764, longitude -0.1492, in the PE20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Swineshead. It is one of the crashes that make up the Swineshead and Holland Fen, Boston, PE20 3JR area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200232C019202
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
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
1391

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 25 April 2006.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Proton Proton

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    88 years
    Engine capacity
    1,299 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Puma

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 88, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Proton Proton)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Puma)

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 200232C019202 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.