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Serious A1123 crash in East Cambridgeshire on 8 December 1991 at 14:40 involving a Ford Cortina

A Ford Cortina and a car were involved in a crash on the A1123 in East Cambridgeshire at 14:40 on Sunday 8 December 1991. A 50-year-old male passenger in the car was seriously injured and the 45-year-old female driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fog or mist on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
8 Dec 1991
Sunday, 14:40
Vehicles
2
Ford Cortina and car
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.35783, longitude 0.14851, in the CB6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Haddenham.

Map of where the crash happened in East Cambridgeshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1991352292291
Council area
East Cambridgeshire
Police force
Cambridgeshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1123
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
1421

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fog or mist
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 6 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 16 November 2018.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Cortina

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    1,593 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    45 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

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

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 45, 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 1991352292291 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Cambridgeshire road accident statistics for 1991.