B1443 crash in Peterborough on 28 January 1990 at 14:45 involving a Ford Cortina
A Ford Cortina and an Austin Metro were involved in a crash on the B1443 in Peterborough at 14:45 on Sunday 28 January 1990. The 27-year-old male driver of the Ford Cortina, a 60-year-old female passenger in the Ford Cortina and a 50-year-old male passenger in the Austin Metro were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Jan 1990
- Sunday, 14:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Cortina and Austin Metro
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.63818, longitude -0.29283, in the PE6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Glinton.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1990351031490
- Council area
- Peterborough
- Police force
- Cambridgeshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1443
- 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, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 April 2004.
Slight
Sym Jet crash on the B1443 in Peterborough, 16 April 2004
14 m awayRef 2004350187004
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B1443 in Peterborough, 28 February 1980
63 m awayRef 1980351056480
Slight
Rover Metro crash on the B1443 in Peterborough, 19 October 1994
78 m awayRef 1994350495294
Slight
Bedford crash on the B1443 in Peterborough, 5 March 1993
85 m awayRef 1993350108993
Serious
Hyundai Tucson crash on the B1443 in Peterborough, 6 October 2025
98 m awayRef 2025351663863
Slight
Kawasaki crash on the B1443 in Peterborough, 8 October 2010
108 m awayRef 2010352409010
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Cortina
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,593 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Austin Metro
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Cortina)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Cortina)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Metro)
- 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 1990351031490 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 1990.