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Serious A1303 crash in Cambridge on 14 April 1992 at 14:55 involving an Austin Morris Mini

An Austin Morris Mini and a Ford Sierra were involved in a crash on the A1303 in Cambridge at 14:55 on Tuesday 14 April 1992. The 20-year-old male driver of the Austin Morris Mini was seriously injured and the 54-year-old male driver of the Ford Sierra was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
14 Apr 1992
Tuesday, 14:55
Vehicles
2
Austin Morris Mini and Ford Sierra
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.21506, longitude 0.07193, in the CB23 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cambridge

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1992352081692
Council area
Cambridge
Police force
Cambridgeshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1303
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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, 13 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 April 2024.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Morris Mini

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Morris Mini)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Sierra)

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 1992352081692 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 1992.