Serious A16 crash in Boston on 30 July 2022 at 12:45 involving a Land Rover Discovery
Four vehicles, including a Land Rover Discovery and a Vauxhall Insignia, were involved in a crash on the A16 in Boston at 12:45 on Saturday 30 July 2022. The 27-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Insignia was seriously injured and a 13-year-old female passenger in the Land Rover Discovery was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 30 Jul 2022
- Saturday, 12:45
- Vehicles
- 4
- Land Rover Discovery and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.88315, longitude -0.08932, in the PE20 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Boston
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022320440112
- 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
- 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
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 April 2005.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A16 in Boston, 18 April 2005
4 m awayRef 200532C515905
Slight
Vauxhall Omega crash on the A16 in Boston, 18 April 2010
9 m awayRef 201032C106110
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A16 in Boston, 7 January 2013
10 m awayRef 201332B004513
Slight
Toyota Supra crash on the A16 in Boston, 22 October 2003
23 m awayRef 200332C157903
Serious
Citroen ZX crash on the A16 in Boston, 9 October 1996
62 m awayRef 199632A007536
Slight
Skoda Karoq crash on the A16 in Boston, 6 November 2023
71 m awayRef 2023320688079
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Land Rover Discovery
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- 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
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Insignia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- 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
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- 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
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,399 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 4: Honda Jazz
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- 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
- 69 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,339 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Insignia)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 13, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Discovery)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- 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 2022320440112 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 2022.