A605 crash in Fenland on 12 July 2000 at 17:20 involving an MG Midget
An MG Midget and a Toyota Carina were involved in a crash on the A605 in Fenland at 17:20 on Wednesday 12 July 2000. An 18-year-old male passenger in the Toyota Carina was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Jul 2000
- Wednesday, 17:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- MG Midget and Toyota Carina
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.56065, longitude -0.14947, in the PE7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Whittlesey.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2000350308500
- Council area
- Fenland
- Police force
- Cambridgeshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Cambridgeshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 605
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 December 1996.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A605 in Fenland, 18 December 1996
10 m awayRef 1996350636596
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A605 in Fenland, 21 November 1998
10 m awayRef 1998350584598
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the A605 in Fenland, 10 March 1996
14 m awayRef 1996350138396
Serious
Austin Metro crash on the A605 in Fenland, 29 March 1996
22 m awayRef 1996350168396
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A605 in Fenland, 25 May 1990
28 m awayRef 1990351157090
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A605 in Fenland, 25 October 2004
28 m awayRef 2004350552104
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: MG Midget
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,491 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 21 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Carina
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Carina)
- 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 2000350308500 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 2000.