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A141 crash in Fenland on 10 February 1996 at 20:30 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier and a Ford Granada were involved in a crash on the A141 in Fenland at 20:30 on Saturday 10 February 1996. The 20-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier and a 20-year-old female passenger in the Ford Granada were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Feb 1996
Saturday, 20:30
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Cavalier and Ford Granada
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.4648, longitude 0.04389, in the PE16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Chatteris.

Map of where the crash happened in Fenland

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1996350077196
Council area
Fenland
Police force
Cambridgeshire
Highway authority
Cambridgeshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
141
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
142

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 February 2013.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Granada

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bollard or refuge
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Granada)

    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 1996350077196 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 1996.