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Serious A1307 crash in Cambridge on 27 April 1999 at 08:05 involving a Ford Transit

A Ford Transit and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A1307 in Cambridge at 08:05 on Tuesday 27 April 1999. The 12-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
27 Apr 1999
Tuesday, 08:05
Vehicles
2
Ford Transit and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.17888, longitude 0.1421, in the CB1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cambridge.

Map of where the crash happened in Cambridge

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1999350182299
Council area
Cambridge
Police force
Cambridgeshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Cambridgeshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1307
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
1134

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 serious injury crash on 13 July 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 12, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 1999350182299 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cambridge road accident statistics for 1999.