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Serious A14 crash in South Cambridgeshire on 9 February 1998 at 16:40 involving a Ford Transit van

A Ford Transit van and a Volvo lorry were involved in a crash on the A14 in South Cambridgeshire at 16:40 on Monday 9 February 1998. The 40-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit van was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
9 Feb 1998
Monday, 16:40
Vehicles
2
Ford Transit and Volvo
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.25473, longitude 0.02953, in the CB23 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in South Cambridgeshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998350076298
Council area
South Cambridgeshire
Police force
Cambridgeshire
Highway authority
Cambridgeshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
14
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 April 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to left
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    2,496 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 40, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

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 1998350076298 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Cambridgeshire road accident statistics for 1998.