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Serious A15 crash in Peterborough on 21 June 1997 at 00:45 involving a Fiat Punto

A Fiat Punto and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A15 in Peterborough at 00:45 on Saturday 21 June 1997. The 25-year-old female driver of the Fiat Punto and the 31-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort were seriously injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Jun 1997
Saturday, 00:45
Vehicles
2
Fiat Punto and Ford Escort
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.52597, longitude -0.268, in the PE7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Peterborough

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997350301997
Council area
Peterborough
Police force
Cambridgeshire

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights unlit
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 March 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Punto

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,698 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Punto)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

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 1997350301997 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.