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A16 crash in Boston on 16 December 2005 at 06:50 involving a Rover 200 Series

A car and a Rover 200 Series were involved in a crash on the A16 in Boston at 06:50 on Friday 16 December 2005. The 44-year-old male driver of the Rover 200 Series was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine but windy weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Dec 2005
Friday, 06:50
Vehicles
2
Car and Rover 200 Series
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.88186, longitude -0.09049, in the PE20 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Boston

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200532B083505
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
16
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
4%
Estimated chance it was slight
96%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 28 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 March 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 200 Series)

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 200532B083505 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 2005.