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Fatal A17 crash in Boston on 5 September 2016 at 14:38 involving a Honda Jazz

A Honda Jazz crashed on the A17 in Boston at 14:38 on Monday 5 September 2016. The 87-year-old female driver was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
5 Sep 2016
Monday, 14:38
Vehicles
1
Honda Jazz
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.95655, longitude -0.17742, in the PE20 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Boston

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016320265391
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
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 46 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 14 December 1999.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda Jazz

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    87 years
    Engine capacity
    1,339 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Female, aged 87, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Jazz)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% 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 2016320265391 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.