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A1303 crash in South Cambridgeshire on 6 January 2004 at 12:49 involving a Suzuki Swift

A Suzuki Swift, a Vauxhall Cavalier and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on the A1303 in South Cambridgeshire at 12:49 on Tuesday 6 January 2004. The 56-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Jan 2004
Tuesday, 12:49
Vehicles
3
Suzuki Swift and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.21098, longitude 0.18126, in the CB5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cambridge, Cambridge. It is one of the crashes that make up the Fen Ditton & Fulbourn, South Cambridgeshire, CB5 8AA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in South Cambridgeshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2004350045804
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
1303
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
1%
Estimated chance it was slight
99%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 14 February 1995.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki Swift

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 3: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,272 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

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 2004350045804 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 2004.