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Unclassified road crash in Peterborough PE2 on 15 June 1997 at 12:45 involving an Austin Metro

An Austin Metro and a Volvo bus were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Peterborough at 12:45 on Sunday 15 June 1997. All five casualties were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Jun 1997
Sunday, 12:45
Vehicles
2
Austin Metro and Volvo
Casualties
5
5 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.54258, longitude -0.30392, 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
1997350288897
Council area
Peterborough
Police force
Cambridgeshire

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Raining, 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 9 September 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    9,600 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (5)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Metro)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Metro)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Metro)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Metro)

  • Casualty 5: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo)

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 1997350288897 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.