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Serious A1139 crash in Peterborough on 21 November 2000 at 18:30 involving a Land Rover Discovery

A Land Rover Discovery, a Ford Orion and a Volkswagen Scirocco were involved in a crash on the A1139 in Peterborough at 18:30 on Tuesday 21 November 2000. The 55-year-old male driver of the Ford Orion was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Nov 2000
Tuesday, 18:30
Vehicles
3
Land Rover Discovery and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.5706, longitude -0.23021, in the PE1 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Peterborough

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2000350555900
Council area
Peterborough
Police force
Cambridgeshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1139
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 1 November 1994.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Land Rover Discovery

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Hit object off carriageway
    Nearside or offside crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    2,495 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Orion

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 3: Volkswagen Scirocco

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,781 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Orion)

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 2000350555900 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 2000.