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Serious B1050 crash in South Cambridgeshire on 28 December 1998 at 20:49 involving a Mercedes C Class

A Mercedes C Class hit two pedestrians on the B1050 in South Cambridgeshire at 20:49 on Monday 28 December 1998. A 34-year-old male pedestrian and a 23-year-old female pedestrian were seriously injured and a 25-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
28 Dec 1998
Monday, 20:49
Vehicles
1
Mercedes C Class
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.25501, longitude 0.02383, 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
1998350661698
Council area
South Cambridgeshire
Police force
Cambridgeshire
Highway authority
Cambridgeshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1050
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
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 serious injury crash on 31 August 2015.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bollard or refuge
    Leaving the carriageway
    Straight ahead at junction
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    2,295 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 34, hit by vehicle 1 (Mercedes C Class)

    Pedestrian location
    On refuge, central island or central reservation

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 23, hit by vehicle 1 (Mercedes C Class)

    Pedestrian location
    On refuge, central island or central reservation

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes C Class)

    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 1998350661698 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.