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Fatal B1085 crash in East Cambridgeshire on 23 September 1987 at 10:50 involving a car

A vehicle and two cars were involved in a crash on the B1085 in East Cambridgeshire at 10:50 on Wednesday 23 September 1987. The 32-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 and a 43-year-old male passenger in vehicle 2 were killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
23 Sep 1987
Wednesday, 10:50
Vehicles
3
Car and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.28211, longitude 0.48778, in the CB8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Cambridgeshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1987352175487
Council area
East Cambridgeshire
Police force
Cambridgeshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1085
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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, 114 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 7 January 1993.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Towing and articulation
    Single trailer
    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    62 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Fatal

    Male, aged 43, 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 1987352175487 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Cambridgeshire road accident statistics for 1987.