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A605 crash in Peterborough on 23 March 2002 at 19:09 involving a BMW 3 Series

A BMW 3 Series and a Metrocab Metrocab taxi were involved in a crash on the A605 in Peterborough at 19:09 on Saturday 23 March 2002. The 31-year-old male driver of the Metrocab Metrocab taxi was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Mar 2002
Saturday, 19:09
Vehicles
2
BMW 3 Series and Metrocab Metrocab
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.56638, longitude -0.24204, in the PE2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Peterborough. It is one of the crashes that make up the Central, Peterborough, PE1 1ES area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Peterborough

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2002350147602
Council area
Peterborough
Police force
Cambridgeshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
605
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
15

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 December 2025.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Metrocab Metrocab

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    2,496 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (Metrocab Metrocab)

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 2002350147602 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 2002.