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A605 crash in Peterborough on 22 October 1997 at 19:35 involving an MG Montego

An MG Montego and an Austin Metro were involved in a crash on the A605 in Peterborough at 19:35 on Wednesday 22 October 1997. The 25-year-old male driver of the MG Montego, a 17-year-old female passenger in the MG Montego and the 42-year-old male driver of the Austin Metro were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Oct 1997
Wednesday, 19:35
Vehicles
2
MG Montego and Austin Metro
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.5505, longitude -0.21866, in the PE2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Peterborough.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997350541997
Council area
Peterborough
Police force
Cambridgeshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
605
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
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 May 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: MG Montego

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,994 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (MG Montego)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (MG Montego)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Metro)

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 1997350541997 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.