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Serious A605 crash in Peterborough on 25 January 1979 at 21:55 involving a car

Three cars were involved in a crash on the A605 in Peterborough at 21:55 on Thursday 25 January 1979. The 48-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was seriously injured and the 23-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 and a 22-year-old female passenger in vehicle 3 were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
25 Jan 1979
Thursday, 21:55
Vehicles
3
Car and 2 others
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.54911, longitude -0.20367, in the PE2 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Peterborough

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979355007079
Council area
Peterborough
Police force
Cambridgeshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
605
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 March 1995.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 1979355007079 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Peterborough road accident statistics for 1979.