A1260 crash in Peterborough on 26 December 2003 at 14:55 involving a Suzuki Vitara
A Suzuki Vitara crashed on the A1260 in Peterborough at 14:55 on Friday 26 December 2003. The 37-year-old female driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Dec 2003
- Friday, 14:55
- Vehicles
- 1
- Suzuki Vitara
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.54477, longitude -0.26443, in the PE7 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Orton Longueville, Peterborough, PE2 5QD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Peterborough
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003350703003
- Council area
- Peterborough
- Police force
- Cambridgeshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1260
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 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
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 November 2005.
Slight
Car crash on the A1260 in Peterborough, 23 November 2005
10 m awayRef 2005350594805
Slight
Nissan Vanette crash on the A1260 in Peterborough, 4 April 2005
10 m awayRef 2005350159205
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A1260 in Peterborough, 29 July 2003
14 m awayRef 2003350388603
Slight
Van crash on the A1260 in Peterborough, 30 December 2002
14 m awayRef 2002350697702
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A1139 in Peterborough, 30 June 1995
14 m awayRef 1995350293895
Slight
Rover 25 crash on the A1260 in Peterborough, 5 September 2007
14 m awayRef 2007350368007
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki Vitara
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South East
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside onto central reservation
- Hit object off carriageway
- Central crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki Vitara)
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 2003350703003 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 2003.