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Unclassified road crash in Boston PE21 on 26 October 2002 at 09:25 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A Volkswagen Polo and a Fiat Panda were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Boston at 09:25 on Saturday 26 October 2002. A 6-year-old male passenger in the Fiat Panda was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Oct 2002
Saturday, 09:25
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Polo and Fiat Panda
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.97507, longitude -0.01712, in the PE21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Boston. It is one of the crashes that make up the Skirbeck, Boston, PE21 9AE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Boston

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200232C156702
Council area
Boston
Police force
Lincolnshire
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Lincolnshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
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 20 December 2011.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    84 years
    Engine capacity
    1,390 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Fiat Panda

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    903 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 6, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Panda)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 200232C156702 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.