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Serious A47 crash in Peterborough on 13 December 1993 at 12:35 involving a Citroen BX

Four vehicles, including a Citroen BX and a lorry, were involved in a crash on the A47 in Peterborough at 12:35 on Monday 13 December 1993. The 31-year-old male driver of the car, a 26-year-old male passenger in the Austin Morris Mini and the 25-year-old female driver of the Austin Morris Mini were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
13 Dec 1993
Monday, 12:35
Vehicles
4
Citroen BX and 3 others
Casualties
3
3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.5832, longitude -0.39268, in the PE5 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Peterborough

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1993350619093
Council area
Peterborough
Police force
Cambridgeshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
47
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 November 1993.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen BX

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    67 years
    Engine capacity
    1,580 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years

  • Vehicle 4: Austin Morris Mini

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Austin Morris Mini)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Austin Morris Mini)

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 1993350619093 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.