A142 crash in East Cambridgeshire on 17 December 2003 at 09:02 involving a Peugeot 306
A Peugeot 306, a Renault Clio and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on the A142 in East Cambridgeshire at 09:02 on Wednesday 17 December 2003. The 34-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 306, the 23-year-old female driver of the Renault Clio and the 35-year-old female driver of the BMW 3 Series were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Dec 2003
- Wednesday, 09:02
- Vehicles
- 3
- Peugeot 306 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.42293, longitude 0.09655, 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
- 2003350686003
- Council area
- East Cambridgeshire
- Police force
- Cambridgeshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 29 March 2009.
Serious
Hyundai Coupe crash on the A142 in East Cambridgeshire, 29 March 2009
14 m awayRef 2009350101109
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A142 in East Cambridgeshire, 2 December 2025
32 m awayRef 2025351695096
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A142 in East Cambridgeshire, 16 October 1990
99 m awayRef 1990352267090
Serious
Lorry crash on a C road in Fenland, 2 December 1987
100 m awayRef 1987351378487
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A142 in East Cambridgeshire, 7 March 2021
104 m awayRef 2021351031421
Slight
Volvo crash on the A142 in East Cambridgeshire, 16 July 1997
106 m awayRef 1997350354897
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 306
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,171 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 3: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,895 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 306)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (BMW 3 Series)
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 2003350686003 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 2003.