B1397 crash in Boston on 24 December 2014 at 20:35 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane crashed on the B1397 in Boston at 20:35 on Wednesday 24 December 2014. The 42-year-old male driver and a 43-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Dec 2014
- Wednesday, 20:35
- Vehicles
- 1
- Renault Megane
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.93508, longitude -0.05852, in the PE20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kirton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kirton and Frampton, Boston, PE20 1HY area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Boston
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014320064675
- Council area
- Boston
- Police force
- Lincolnshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- 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
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Human crossing control by other authorised person
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 8%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 92%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 23 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 14 February 1986.
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A16 in Boston, 14 February 1986
23 m awayRef 198632A017886
Serious
Car crash on the A16 in Boston, 5 June 1981
23 m awayRef 198132A057581
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A16 in Boston, 23 August 1986
23 m awayRef 198632A085986
Serious
Renault Trucks crash on the B1397 in Boston, 10 December 2018
32 m awayRef 2018320598187
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the B1397 in Boston, 10 February 2023
47 m awayRef 2023320087137
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the B1397 in Boston, 31 October 2007
83 m awayRef 200732C356007
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Megane)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Megane)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 2014320064675 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.