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Serious A604 crash in South Cambridgeshire on 1 December 1990 at 05:35 involving a Rover SD1

A Rover SD1 and a Volkswagen Passat were involved in a crash on the A604 in South Cambridgeshire at 05:35 on Saturday 1 December 1990. The 55-year-old male driver of the Rover SD1 was seriously injured and a 77-year-old female passenger in the Rover SD1 and the 58-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Passat were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
1 Dec 1990
Saturday, 05:35
Vehicles
2
Rover SD1 and Volkswagen Passat
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.27522, longitude -0.01747, in the CB24 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in South Cambridgeshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990352317790
Council area
South Cambridgeshire
Police force
Cambridgeshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
604
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Special conditions at the site
Road surface defective
Carriageway hazards
Poor or defective road surface

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 December 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover SD1

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Central crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years
    Engine capacity
    3,500 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Passat

    Car

    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
    58 years
    Engine capacity
    1,994 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 77, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover SD1)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover SD1)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Passat)

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 1990352317790 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Cambridgeshire road accident statistics for 1990.