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Serious unclassified road crash in Boston PE21 on 1 January 2017 at 12:53 involving a Mercedes ML Class

A Mercedes ML Class and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Boston at 12:53 on Sunday 1 January 2017. The 37-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
1 Jan 2017
Sunday, 12:53
Vehicles
2
Mercedes ML Class and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.97802, longitude -0.03227, 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
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017320006933
Council area
Boston
Police force
Lincolnshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Lincolnshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Unclassified

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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 16 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 December 2015.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes ML Class

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    2,688 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    14 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 37, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most 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 2017320006933 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 2017.