A52 crash in Boston on 21 November 2002 at 07:50 involving a Vauxhall Astra
Two Vauxhall Astras were involved in a crash on the A52 in Boston at 07:50 on Thursday 21 November 2002. The 32-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 and the 24-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Nov 2002
- Thursday, 07:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.98529, longitude 0.03221, in the PE22 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Boston
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200232C170102
- 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
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 December 2013.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A52 in Boston, 25 December 2013
9 m awayRef 201332B491513
Serious
Scania crash on the A52 in Boston, 15 November 2017
10 m awayRef 2017320514013
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A52 in Boston, 11 October 2003
22 m awayRef 200332C149403
Serious
Citroen crash on the A52 in Boston, 15 November 2002
22 m awayRef 200232C165902
Slight
Ford Kuga crash on the A52 in Boston, 23 June 2025
31 m awayRef 2025320365208
Slight
Vauxhall Carlton crash on the A52 in Boston, 1 October 1991
45 m awayRef 199132A078691
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,700 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
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 200232C170102 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.