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Serious A605 crash in Fenland on 30 December 1996 at 14:20 involving a Triumph Acclaim

A Triumph Acclaim, a van and a Rover Montego were involved in a crash on the A605 in Fenland at 14:20 on Monday 30 December 1996. The 33-year-old male driver of the Triumph Acclaim, the 56-year-old male driver of the Rover Montego and a 47-year-old female passenger in the Rover Montego were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in snow on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
30 Dec 1996
Monday, 14:20
Vehicles
3
Triumph Acclaim and 2 others
Casualties
3
3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.55461, longitude -0.17542, in the PE7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Fenland

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1996350656396
Council area
Fenland
Police force
Cambridgeshire
Highway authority
Cambridgeshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
605
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 26 March 2000.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Triumph Acclaim

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,335 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 3: Rover Montego

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    1,994 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Triumph Acclaim)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Rover Montego)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Rover Montego)

    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 1996350656396 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.