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A1260 crash in Peterborough on 29 September 1997 at 19:50 involving a Seddon/Atkinson lorry

A Seddon/Atkinson lorry crashed on the A1260 in Peterborough at 19:50 on Monday 29 September 1997. The 32-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Sep 1997
Monday, 19:50
Vehicles
1
Seddon/Atkinson
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.53745, longitude -0.26608, in the PE7 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
1997350492297
Council area
Peterborough
Police force
Cambridgeshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1260
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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 lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 67 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 April 2015.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Seddon/Atkinson

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Jackknifed
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Seddon/Atkinson)

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 1997350492297 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.