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A15 crash in Peterborough on 26 September 1996 at 17:35 involving a Citroen BX

A Citroen BX and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A15 in Peterborough at 17:35 on Thursday 26 September 1996. The 13-year-old female cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Sep 1996
Thursday, 17:35
Vehicles
2
Citroen BX and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.56071, longitude -0.24613, in the PE2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Peterborough.

Map of where the crash happened in Peterborough

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1996350447396
Council area
Peterborough
Police force
Cambridgeshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
15
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Daylight
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 September 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen BX

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,769 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    13 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Female, aged 13, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 1996350447396 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 1996.