A605 crash in Peterborough on 5 January 2004 at 06:48 involving an LDV 400 Series van
An LDV 400 Series van and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A605 in Peterborough at 06:48 on Monday 5 January 2004. The 43-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Jan 2004
- Monday, 06:48
- Vehicles
- 2
- LDV 400 Series and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.55057, longitude -0.21892, in the PE2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Peterborough. It is one of the crashes that make up the Fletton and Stanground, Peterborough, PE2 8QG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Peterborough
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2004350004604
- 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
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 28 October 1993.
Slight
Rover 800 Series crash on the A605 in Peterborough, 28 October 1993
At the same spotRef 1993350519493
Slight
Renault Fuego crash on the A605 in Peterborough, 9 November 1993
At the same spotRef 1993350539493
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A605 in Peterborough, 27 November 1998
10 m awayRef 1998350595398
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A605 in Peterborough, 16 April 1989
10 m awayRef 1989351114789
Slight
Kawasaki AR50 crash on the A605 in Peterborough, 17 May 1997
10 m awayRef 1997350240197
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A605 in Peterborough, 14 August 2002
10 m awayRef 2002350403802
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: LDV 400 Series
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 64 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,500 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 750 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 43, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
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 2004350004604 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 2004.