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B1047 crash in Cambridge on 5 February 1997 at 08:40 involving a Peugeot 405

A Peugeot 405, a Ford Fiesta and a Vauxhall Cavalier were involved in a crash on the B1047 in Cambridge at 08:40 on Wednesday 5 February 1997. The 38-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Feb 1997
Wednesday, 08:40
Vehicles
3
Peugeot 405 and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.21557, longitude 0.16887, in the CB5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cambridge.

Map of where the crash happened in Cambridge

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997350064697
Council area
Cambridge
Police force
Cambridgeshire
Highway authority
Cambridgeshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1047
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, 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 27 April 1993.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 405

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)

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 1997350064697 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cambridge road accident statistics for 1997.