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A17 crash in Boston on 9 March 2016 at 13:30

A vehicle crashed on the A17 in Boston at 13:30 on Wednesday 9 March 2016. The 68-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Mar 2016
Wednesday, 13:30
Vehicles
1
Other vehicle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.88982, longitude -0.08449, in the PE20 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Five Village, Boston, PE20 2LF area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Boston

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016320047781
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
17
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
16

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, 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
14%
Estimated chance it was slight
86%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 April 2010.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Leaving roundabout
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    68 years
    Engine capacity
    2,690 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    19 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 68, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

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 2016320047781 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 2016.