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A47 crash in Peterborough on 27 March 1986 at 13:40 involving a car

A car and a lorry were involved in a crash on the A47 in Peterborough at 13:40 on Thursday 27 March 1986. The 28-year-old female driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Mar 1986
Thursday, 13:40
Vehicles
2
Car and lorry
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.60922, longitude -0.1953, 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
1986351084986
Council area
Peterborough
Police force
Cambridgeshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
47
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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 with high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 November 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 1986351084986 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 1986.