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Serious A15 crash in Peterborough on 18 July 1998 at 15:20 involving a Mercedes 300 van

A Mercedes 300 van and a Ford Sierra were involved in a crash on the A15 in Peterborough at 15:20 on Saturday 18 July 1998. The 27-year-old male driver of the Ford Sierra was seriously injured and a 20-year-old male passenger in the Ford Sierra was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
18 Jul 1998
Saturday, 15:20
Vehicles
2
Mercedes 300 and Ford Sierra
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.66639, longitude -0.31673, in the PE6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Peterborough

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998350352898
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
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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, 28 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 April 2012.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes 300

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    2,299 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Towing and articulation
    Single trailer
    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Sierra)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Sierra)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 1998350352898 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.