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Serious A16 crash in Boston on 7 July 2020 at 18:15 involving a Volkswagen Transporter van

A Volkswagen Transporter van hit a pedestrian on the A16 in Boston at 18:15 on Tuesday 7 July 2020. A 15-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
7 Jul 2020
Tuesday, 18:15
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen Transporter
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.96691, longitude -0.02804, in the PE21 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Thomas', Boston, PE21 7RE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Boston

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2020320347524
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
Single 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 light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 April 2013.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Transporter

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    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
    55 years
    Engine capacity
    2,370 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    25 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 15, hit by vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Transporter)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside
    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% 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 2020320347524 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 2020.