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C road crash in Peterborough PE4 on 10 May 1997 at 20:30 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier and a Fiat Punto were involved in a crash on a C road in Peterborough at 20:30 on Saturday 10 May 1997. A 19-year-old male passenger in the Fiat Punto and the 22-year-old male driver of the Fiat Punto were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine but windy weather on a wet roundabout with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 May 1997
Saturday, 20:30
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Cavalier and Fiat Punto
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.60368, longitude -0.24574, in the PE4 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Peterborough

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997350227697
Council area
Peterborough
Police force
Cambridgeshire

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
70 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
47

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 29 February 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,388 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Fiat Punto

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Punto)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Punto)

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 1997350227697 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 1997.