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A47 crash in Peterborough on 11 August 1979 at 07:15 involving a car

Three cars and a lorry were involved in a crash on the A47 in Peterborough at 07:15 on Saturday 11 August 1979. A 52-year-old female passenger in vehicle 3 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Aug 1979
Saturday, 07:15
Vehicles
4
Car and 3 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.61425, longitude -0.17146, in the PE6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Peterborough

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979355078979
Council area
Peterborough
Police force
Cambridgeshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
47
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Carriageway hazards
Involvement with previous collision

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 81 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 December 2003.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years

  • Vehicle 2: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Previous accident
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years

  • Vehicle 4: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Previous accident
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 52, 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 1979355078979 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.