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A142 crash in East Cambridgeshire on 12 March 2002 at 09:25 involving a Mazda 323

A Mazda 323, a MAN lorry and a van were involved in a crash on the A142 in East Cambridgeshire at 09:25 on Tuesday 12 March 2002. The 33-year-old male driver of the Mazda 323 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fog or mist on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Mar 2002
Tuesday, 09:25
Vehicles
3
Mazda 323 and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.39932, longitude 0.11969, in the CB6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Cambridgeshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2002350125902
Council area
East Cambridgeshire
Police force
Cambridgeshire
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Cambridgeshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
142
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Daylight
Weather
Fog or mist
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 22 October 2016.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Mazda 323

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,489 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: MAN

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    11,967 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel

  • Vehicle 3: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Offside

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mazda 323)

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 2002350125902 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Cambridgeshire road accident statistics for 2002.