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Fatal A604 crash in Huntingdonshire on 23 December 1990 at 15:00 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier crashed on the A604 in Huntingdonshire at 15:00 on Sunday 23 December 1990. A 75-year-old female passenger was killed and the 80-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
23 Dec 1990
Sunday, 15:00
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Cavalier
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.29331, longitude -0.06168, in the PE28 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Huntingdonshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990352341990
Council area
Huntingdonshire
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
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 25 April 1998.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    80 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Fatal

    Female, aged 75, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 80, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

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 1990352341990 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.