B1397 crash in Boston on 4 November 2014 at 08:20 involving a BMW 1 Series
A BMW 1 Series and a Volkswagen Passat were involved in a crash on the B1397 in Boston at 08:20 on Tuesday 4 November 2014. The 42-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Passat was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Nov 2014
- Tuesday, 08:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 1 Series and Volkswagen Passat
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.95193, longitude -0.04373, in the PE21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Boston. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wyberton, Boston, PE21 7FZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Boston
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014320057763
- Council area
- Boston
- Police force
- Lincolnshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- 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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 June 2016.
Slight
Transbus Int crash on the B1397 in Boston, 22 June 2016
3 m awayRef 2016320165414
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the B1397 in Boston, 29 September 2008
13 m awayRef 200832C280808
Slight
Mazda RX8 crash on the B1397 in Boston, 2 June 2010
23 m awayRef 201032C157810
Serious
Rover SD1 crash on the A16 in Boston, 24 September 1991
25 m awayRef 199132A075691
Slight
Ford Cortina crash on the A16 in Boston, 2 November 1990
27 m awayRef 199032A096990
Slight
Car crash on the A16 in Boston, 29 October 1981
27 m awayRef 198132A118081
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 1 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Passat
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Passat)
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 2014320057763 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 2014.