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A47 crash in Fenland on 12 March 1999 at 11:10 involving a Skoda Favorit

A Skoda Favorit and a Nissan Terrano were involved in a crash on the A47 in Fenland at 11:10 on Friday 12 March 1999. A 78-year-old male passenger in the Skoda Favorit was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Mar 1999
Friday, 11:10
Vehicles
2
Skoda Favorit and Nissan Terrano
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.6418, longitude 0.1308, in the PE14 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Fenland

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1999350119799
Council area
Fenland
Police force
Cambridgeshire
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Cambridgeshire

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 October 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Skoda Favorit

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    68 years
    Engine capacity
    1,289 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Nissan Terrano

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    64 years
    Engine capacity
    2,663 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 78, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Skoda Favorit)

    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 1999350119799 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Fenland road accident statistics for 1999.