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Serious unclassified road crash in Peterborough PE2 on 27 March 1999 at 11:30

A vehicle hit two pedestrians on an unclassified road in Peterborough at 11:30 on Saturday 27 March 1999. A 4-year-old male pedestrian and a 7-year-old male pedestrian were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry road with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
27 Mar 1999
Saturday, 11:30
Vehicles
1
Other vehicle
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.54651, longitude -0.2856, in the PE2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Peterborough.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1999350139299
Council area
Peterborough
Police force
Cambridgeshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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, 42 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 May 1992.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Electric
    Vehicle age
    20 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 4, hit by vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 7, hit by vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)

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 1999350139299 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 1999.