A1303 crash in Cambridge on 25 November 2000 at 11:50 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Mercedes were involved in a crash on the A1303 in Cambridge at 11:50 on Saturday 25 November 2000. The 44-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta and a 78-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Nov 2000
- Saturday, 11:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Mercedes
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.21409, longitude 0.07909, in the CB3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cambridge.
Map of where the crash happened in Cambridge
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2000350590000
- 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
- 1303
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Motorway
- Second road number
- 11
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 1 April 1998.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A1303 in Cambridge, 1 April 1998
At the same spotRef 1998350160098
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on the M11 in Cambridge, 15 September 2018
9 m awayRef 2018350330374
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A1303 in Cambridge, 6 June 2005
10 m awayRef 2005350272105
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A1303 in Cambridge, 8 January 2013
10 m awayRef 2013350010313
Slight
Nissan Pixo crash on the A1303 in Cambridge, 5 October 2022
13 m awayRef 2022351236850
Slight
Car crash on the A1303 in Cambridge, 3 June 1993
14 m awayRef 1993350255593
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Mercedes
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 63 years
- Engine capacity
- 5,600 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 78, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- 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 2000350590000 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 2000.