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A15 crash in Peterborough on 11 May 1990 at 17:00 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A Volkswagen Polo, a Triumph Herald and a motor scooter were involved in a crash on the A15 in Peterborough at 17:00 on Friday 11 May 1990. The 18-year-old male rider of the motor scooter was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 50 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 May 1990
Friday, 17:00
Vehicles
3
Volkswagen Polo and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.60869, longitude -0.27449, in the PE4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Peterborough.

Map of where the crash happened in Peterborough

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990351141890
Council area
Peterborough
Police force
Cambridgeshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
15
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
50 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
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 8 September 2006.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,300 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Triumph Herald

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,296 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 3: Motor scooter

    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
    18 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 3 (Motor scooter)

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 1990351141890 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.