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A15 crash in Peterborough on 13 October 1990 at 21:55 involving a Ford Sierra

A bicycle and a Ford Sierra were involved in a crash on the A15 in Peterborough at 21:55 on Saturday 13 October 1990. The 15-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
13 Oct 1990
Saturday, 21:55
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and Ford Sierra
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.5578, longitude -0.24978, in the PE2 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
1990351309790
Council area
Peterborough
Police force
Cambridgeshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
15
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
1129

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 21 May 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    15 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 15, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

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 1990351309790 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.