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Serious B1040 crash in Fenland on 27 October 1993 at 07:40 involving a Renault 18

A Renault 18 crashed on the B1040 in Fenland at 07:40 on Wednesday 27 October 1993. The 20-year-old female driver was seriously injured and a 23-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
27 Oct 1993
Wednesday, 07:40
Vehicles
1
Renault 18
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.52385, longitude -0.13984, in the PE7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Fenland

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1993350518693
Council area
Fenland
Police force
Cambridgeshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1040
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 82 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 13 June 2001.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault 18

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault 18)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault 18)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 1993350518693 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Fenland road accident statistics for 1993.