A14 crash in South Cambridgeshire on 17 December 2002 at 17:37 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio and a Ford Transit were involved in a crash on the A14 in South Cambridgeshire at 17:37 on Tuesday 17 December 2002. The 20-year-old female driver of the Renault Clio, the 50-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit and a 45-year-old female passenger in the Ford Transit were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 70 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Dec 2002
- Tuesday, 17:37
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Clio and Ford Transit
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.27211, longitude -0.01098, in the CB24 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Swavesey, South Cambridgeshire, CB24 4AE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in South Cambridgeshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2002350677302
- Council area
- South Cambridgeshire
- Police force
- Cambridgeshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Cambridgeshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 14
- Road type
- One way street or slip road
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 14
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 23 September 2002.
Slight
Volvo S80 crash on the A14 in South Cambridgeshire, 23 September 2002
10 m awayRef 2002350482002
Serious
Leyland crash on the A14 in South Cambridgeshire, 25 January 1997
14 m awayRef 1997350043797
Slight
Rover Metro crash on the A14 in South Cambridgeshire, 28 June 2002
14 m awayRef 2002350326502
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A14 in South Cambridgeshire, 5 May 2005
22 m awayRef 2005350219405
Fatal
HGV crash on the A14 in South Cambridgeshire, 24 April 2006
22 m awayRef 2006350172906
Slight
Lorry crash on the A14 in South Cambridgeshire, 30 August 2005
28 m awayRef 2005350447105
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Entered ditch
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Transit
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,496 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)
- 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 2002350677302 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Cambridgeshire road accident statistics for 2002.