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A47 crash in Peterborough on 27 April 1998 at 13:40 involving a BMW 7 Series

A BMW 7 Series and a Scania lorry were involved in a crash on the A47 in Peterborough at 13:40 on Monday 27 April 1998. The 63-year-old male driver of the BMW 7 Series was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Apr 1998
Monday, 13:40
Vehicles
2
BMW 7 Series and Scania
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.62126, longitude -0.10824, in the PE6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Thorney.

Map of where the crash happened in Peterborough

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998350205998
Council area
Peterborough
Police force
Cambridgeshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
47
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
1040

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 6 November 2013.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 7 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    63 years
    Engine capacity
    3,430 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Scania

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 7 Series)

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 1998350205998 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 1998.