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Fatal A604 crash in Huntingdonshire on 11 September 1985 at 10:05 involving a lorry

A lorry and two cars were involved in a crash on the A604 in Huntingdonshire at 10:05 on Wednesday 11 September 1985. The 78-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 and a 70-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 were killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
11 Sep 1985
Wednesday, 10:05
Vehicles
3
Lorry and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.30187, longitude -0.09049, in the PE28 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Huntingdonshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1985351251585
Council area
Huntingdonshire
Police force
Cambridgeshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
604
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 27 February 1985.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    78 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

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

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 78, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Fatal

    Female, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 1985351251585 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Huntingdonshire road accident statistics for 1985.