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Fatal A10 crash in South Cambridgeshire on 18 October 1986 at 00:10 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A10 in South Cambridgeshire at 00:10 on Saturday 18 October 1986. The 25-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was killed, four other people were seriously injured and one was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
18 Oct 1986
Saturday, 00:10
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
6
1 killed, 4 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.14244, longitude 0.08537, in the CB22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Harston.

Map of where the crash happened in South Cambridgeshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1986352216786
Council area
South Cambridgeshire
Police force
Cambridgeshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
10
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 11 December 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    19 years

Casualties (6)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 1986352216786 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Cambridgeshire road accident statistics for 1986.