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Fatal B1102 crash in East Cambridgeshire on 4 January 1993 at 18:15 involving an Austin Metro van

An Austin Metro van and a Volvo 340 were involved in a crash on the B1102 in East Cambridgeshire at 18:15 on Monday 4 January 1993. The 72-year-old male driver of the Austin Metro van was killed, two other people were seriously injured and two were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Fatal
Date
4 Jan 1993
Monday, 18:15
Vehicles
2
Austin Metro and Volvo 340
Casualties
5
1 killed, 2 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.23675, longitude 0.24796, in the CB25 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Cambridgeshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1993350014893
Council area
East Cambridgeshire
Police force
Cambridgeshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1102
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 27 May 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Metro

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    72 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo 340

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,397 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (5)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 72, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Metro)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 72, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Metro)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo 340)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 12, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo 340)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo 340)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 1993350014893 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 1993.