A1260 crash in Peterborough on 11 December 2000 at 08:55 involving a Mazda 323
A Mazda 323 and an Austin Metro were involved in a crash on the A1260 in Peterborough at 08:55 on Monday 11 December 2000. The 32-year-old female driver of the Austin Metro was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Dec 2000
- Monday, 08:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mazda 323 and Austin Metro
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.55348, longitude -0.27014, in the PE2 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Peterborough
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2000350602200
- Council area
- Peterborough
- Police force
- Cambridgeshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1260
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 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 22 April 2003.
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A1260 in Peterborough, 22 April 2003
10 m awayRef 2003350213803
Slight
Volvo 480 crash on the A1260 in Peterborough, 25 November 2003
10 m awayRef 2003350630903
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A1260 in Peterborough, 10 January 2005
14 m awayRef 2005350053105
Fatal
Mercedes crash on the A1260 in Peterborough, 31 July 2025
18 m awayRef 2025351623491
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A1260 in Peterborough, 12 January 1993
20 m awayRef 1993350017793
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A1260 in Peterborough, 14 September 2004
20 m awayRef 2004350465004
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mazda 323
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,800 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Austin Metro
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,275 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Metro)
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 2000350602200 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.