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Serious B1397 crash in Boston on 19 October 2003 at 18:07 involving a Subaru Impreza

A Subaru Impreza and a Vauxhall Cavalier were involved in a crash on the B1397 in Boston at 18:07 on Sunday 19 October 2003. The 36-year-old male driver of the Subaru Impreza and the 49-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier were seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
19 Oct 2003
Sunday, 18:07
Vehicles
2
Subaru Impreza and Vauxhall Cavalier
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.9617, longitude -0.0353, in the PE21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Boston. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Thomas', Boston, PE21 7JX area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200332C157103
Council area
Boston
Police force
Lincolnshire
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
Other 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 25 October 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Subaru Impreza

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,994 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Subaru Impreza)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

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 200332C157103 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 2003.