A16 crash in Boston on 23 November 2013 at 23:45 involving a Land Rover Freelander
A Land Rover Freelander and a Renault Scenic were involved in a crash on the A16 in Boston at 23:45 on Saturday 23 November 2013. The 29-year-old male driver of the Land Rover Freelander and the 78-year-old male driver of the Renault Scenic were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Nov 2013
- Saturday, 23:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Land Rover Freelander and Renault Scenic
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.97831, longitude -0.01837, in the PE21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Boston. It is one of the crashes that make up the Station, Boston, PE21 8QS area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201332B439713
- 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
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no 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
- 8%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 92%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 February 2004.
Slight
Skoda Favorit crash on the A16 in Boston, 28 February 2004
4 m awayRef 200432C023204
Slight
Nissan Sunny crash on the A16 in Boston, 19 December 1999
4 m awayRef 199932C013159
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A16 in Boston, 13 July 2004
4 m awayRef 200432C087604
Serious
DAF Trucks FA 45LF crash on the A16 in Boston, 4 September 2007
4 m awayRef 200732C283107
Slight
Vauxhall Carlton crash on the A16 in Boston, 18 October 1995
4 m awayRef 199532A008665
Slight
Honda Accord crash on the A16 in Boston, 6 November 2001
6 m awayRef 200132C144601
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Land Rover Freelander
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,951 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Scenic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 78 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Freelander)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 78, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Scenic)
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 201332B439713 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 2013.