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A1 crash in Huntingdonshire on 18 October 1995 at 08:18 involving a Seddon/Atkinson lorry

A Seddon/Atkinson lorry and a Volvo lorry were involved in a crash on the A1 in Huntingdonshire at 08:18 on Wednesday 18 October 1995. The 28-year-old female driver of the Seddon/Atkinson lorry was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Oct 1995
Wednesday, 08:18
Vehicles
2
Seddon/Atkinson and Volvo
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.51507, longitude -0.29761, in the PE7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Huntingdonshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1995350480195
Council area
Huntingdonshire
Police force
Cambridgeshire
Highway authority
Cambridgeshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 40 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 March 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Seddon/Atkinson

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    28 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    9,600 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 28, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Seddon/Atkinson)

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 1995350480195 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Huntingdonshire road accident statistics for 1995.