Serious A16 crash in Boston on 28 September 2019 at 21:20 involving a Vauxhall Insignia
A bicycle, a Vauxhall Insignia and an Audi A6 were involved in a crash on the A16 in Boston at 21:20 on Saturday 28 September 2019. A 37-year-old male passenger in the Audi A6 was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 28 Sep 2019
- Saturday, 21:20
- Vehicles
- 3
- Vauxhall Insignia and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.9758, longitude -0.02145, 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.
Map of where the crash happened in Boston
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019320519187
- 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
- 16
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 12 metres away, was a fatal crash on 6 October 2004.
Fatal
HGV crash on the A16 in Boston, 6 October 2004
12 m awayRef 200432C139304
Slight
Rover 25 crash on the A52 in Boston, 22 January 2008
15 m awayRef 200832C018508
Slight
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in Boston, 28 July 2025
16 m awayRef 2025320460359
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A16 in Boston, 17 March 1998
22 m awayRef 199832A002408
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A52 in Boston, 22 October 2011
24 m awayRef 201132B307111
Slight
Honda Jazz crash on the A52 in Boston, 26 February 2010
24 m awayRef 201032C051310
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Insignia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,956 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Audi A6
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,969 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Audi A6)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2019320519187 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 2019.