A605 crash in Fenland on 24 September 2002 at 15:20 involving a Ford KA
A Ford KA and a Bedford 99 van were involved in a crash on the A605 in Fenland at 15:20 on Tuesday 24 September 2002. The 20-year-old female driver of the Ford KA, the 49-year-old male driver of the Bedford 99 van and an 8-year-old male passenger in the Bedford 99 van were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Sep 2002
- Tuesday, 15:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford KA and Bedford 99
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.557, longitude -0.12351, in the PE7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Whittlesey. It is one of the crashes that make up the Whittlesey South, Fenland, PE7 1GA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Fenland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2002350480002
- Council area
- Fenland
- Police force
- Cambridgeshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Cambridgeshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 605
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- B
- Second road number
- 1093
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 June 2012.
Slight
Ford Transit Connect crash on the A605 in Fenland, 14 June 2012
At the same spotRef 2012350265512
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on the A605 in Fenland, 29 September 2016
5 m awayRef 2016350118918
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A605 in Fenland, 19 October 2024
6 m awayRef 2024351508430
Slight
Vauxhall Vivaro crash on the A605 in Fenland, 24 February 2024
7 m awayRef 2024351465140
Slight
Car crash on the A605 in Fenland, 17 February 2022
9 m awayRef 2022351147029
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A605 in Fenland, 1 December 2001
10 m awayRef 2001350612101
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford KA
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 2: Bedford 99
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 970 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford KA)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 49, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bedford 99)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 8, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bedford 99)
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 2002350480002 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Fenland road accident statistics for 2002.