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Fatal A10 crash in East Cambridgeshire on 3 October 1993 at 05:00 involving a Ford Transit van

A Ford Transit van crashed on the A10 in East Cambridgeshire at 05:00 on Sunday 3 October 1993. The 54-year-old male driver and a 64-year-old female passenger were killed.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fog or mist on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
3 Oct 1993
Sunday, 05:00
Vehicles
1
Ford Transit
Casualties
2
2 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.35718, longitude 0.2225, in the CB6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Cambridgeshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1993350467993
Council area
East Cambridgeshire
Police force
Cambridgeshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
10
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fog or mist
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 20 February 2006.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    2,496 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 54, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Fatal

    Female, aged 64, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

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 1993350467993 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.