A1 crash in Peterborough on 8 December 2005 at 11:35 involving a Mercedes lorry
A Mercedes lorry, a Vauxhall Zafira and a car were involved in a crash on the A1 in Peterborough at 11:35 on Thursday 8 December 2005. The 61-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Zafira and a 59-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Zafira were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Dec 2005
- Thursday, 11:35
- Vehicles
- 3
- Mercedes and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.63897, longitude -0.49289, in the PE9 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Barnack, Peterborough, PE9 3JG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Peterborough
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2005350636005
- Council area
- Peterborough
- Police force
- Cambridgeshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- 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
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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 February 2005.
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A1 in Peterborough, 16 February 2005
10 m awayRef 2005350085205
Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on the A1 in Peterborough, 17 September 2010
14 m awayRef 2010352553510
Slight
Vauxhall Carlton crash on the A1 in Peterborough, 27 January 1999
22 m awayRef 1999350049699
Slight
Van crash on the A1 in Peterborough, 23 January 1996
22 m awayRef 1996350037296
Serious
Honda Civic crash on the A1 in Peterborough, 3 October 2007
32 m awayRef 2007350410207
Slight
Mercedes Cla Class crash on the A1 in Peterborough, 22 September 2024
32 m awayRef 2024351510755
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 4,250 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Zafira
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Zafira)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Zafira)
- 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 2005350636005 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 2005.