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Unclassified road crash in Cambridge CB1 on 9 November 1991 at 17:10 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A Volkswagen Polo and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Cambridge at 17:10 on Saturday 9 November 1991. The 37-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Polo and the 50-year-old male driver of the car were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Nov 1991
Saturday, 17:10
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Polo and car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.20747, longitude 0.13964, in the CB1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cambridge.

Map of where the crash happened in Cambridge

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1991352264591
Council area
Cambridge
Police force
Cambridgeshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, 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 28 January 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    895 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 1991352264591 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cambridge road accident statistics for 1991.