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Serious B1086 crash in Huntingdonshire on 17 March 1990 at 15:45 involving a Mercedes 400

A Mercedes 400 hit a pedestrian on the B1086 in Huntingdonshire at 15:45 on Saturday 17 March 1990. An 85-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
17 Mar 1990
Saturday, 15:45
Vehicles
1
Mercedes 400
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.38165, longitude 0.00038, in the PE28 postcode district and within the built-up area of Somersham.

Map of where the crash happened in Huntingdonshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990351086290
Council area
Huntingdonshire
Police force
Cambridgeshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1086
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 28 June 2018.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes 400

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    4,520 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 85, hit by vehicle 1 (Mercedes 400)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 1990351086290 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 1990.