Fatal B1183 crash in Boston on 29 April 2024 at 14:49 involving a Volvo V50
A Volvo V50 and a Honda CBR motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B1183 in Boston at 14:49 on Monday 29 April 2024. The 62-year-old male rider of the Honda CBR motorcycle was killed and the 72-year-old male driver of the Volvo V50 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 29 Apr 2024
- Monday, 14:49
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volvo V50 and Honda CBR
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 killed, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.99901, longitude -0.02157, in the PE21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Boston. It is one of the crashes that make up the Fishtoft, Boston, PE21 9RA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Boston
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2024320249462
- Council area
- Boston
- Police force
- Lincolnshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Lincolnshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1183
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- C
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
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 December 2007.
Slight
Mitsubishi Shogun crash on the B1183 in Boston, 23 December 2007
2 m awayRef 200732C422607
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on a C road in Boston, 7 October 2008
2 m awayRef 200832C285808
Slight
Suzuki Wagon R+ crash on a C road in Boston, 24 January 2019
2 m awayRef 2019320041849
Slight
Suzuki Liana crash on the B1183 in Boston, 16 May 2015
2 m awayRef 2015320032935
Slight
Hyundai Tucson crash on the B1183 in Boston, 23 January 2025
2 m awayRef 2025320045114
Serious
Yamaha crash on the B1183 in Boston, 19 June 2020
3 m awayRef 2020320311376
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volvo V50
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 72 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 10 to 20 km
Vehicle 2: Honda CBR
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 559 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
FatalMale, aged 62, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Honda CBR)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 72, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo V50)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 10 to 20 km
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 2024320249462 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 2024.