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B1040 crash in Huntingdonshire on 3 December 1998 at 06:59 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A Volkswagen Polo and a Vauxhall Cavalier were involved in a crash on the B1040 in Huntingdonshire at 06:59 on Thursday 3 December 1998. The 56-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Polo was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Dec 1998
Thursday, 06:59
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Polo and Vauxhall Cavalier
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.44019, longitude -0.11482, in the PE26 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ramsey.

Map of where the crash happened in Huntingdonshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998350608498
Council area
Huntingdonshire
Police force
Cambridgeshire
Highway authority
Cambridgeshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1040
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 October 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    1,043 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)

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 1998350608498 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Huntingdonshire road accident statistics for 1998.