A52 crash in Boston on 17 April 2017 at 17:39 involving a Ford Mondeo
A car, a Ford Mondeo and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A52 in Boston at 17:39 on Monday 17 April 2017. The 40-year-old male driver of the Ford Mondeo was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Apr 2017
- Monday, 17:39
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Mondeo and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.01676, longitude 0.08884, in the PE22 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Boston
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017320160186
- 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
- 52
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Special conditions at the site
- Oil or diesel
- Carriageway hazards
- Oil or diesel
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 49 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 December 2000.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A52 in Boston, 4 December 2000
49 m awayRef 200032C014220
Serious
Car crash on the A52 in Boston, 23 February 1988
49 m awayRef 198832A022488
Fatal
Car crash on the A52 in Boston, 18 February 1988
49 m awayRef 198832A020288
Fatal
Peugeot 309 crash on the A52 in Boston, 11 November 1995
49 m awayRef 199532A008995
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A52 in Boston, 1 May 2001
78 m awayRef 200132C054501
Slight
Car crash on the A52 in Boston, 1 May 1987
97 m awayRef 198732A046487
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Mondeo)
- 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 2017320160186 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.