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A605 crash in Peterborough on 23 November 1993 at 18:25 involving a Datsun Laurel

A Datsun Laurel and a Rover SD1 were involved in a crash on the A605 in Peterborough at 18:25 on Tuesday 23 November 1993. The 20-year-old female driver of the Datsun Laurel and the 63-year-old male driver of the Rover SD1 were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Nov 1993
Tuesday, 18:25
Vehicles
2
Datsun Laurel and Rover SD1
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.5593, longitude -0.236, in the PE2 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Peterborough

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1993350575893
Council area
Peterborough
Police force
Cambridgeshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
605
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
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, 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 9 March 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Datsun Laurel

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    2,393 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover SD1

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    63 years
    Engine capacity
    3,528 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Datsun Laurel)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover SD1)

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 1993350575893 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Peterborough road accident statistics for 1993.