Fatal C road crash in South Cambridgeshire CB24 on 31 October 2006 at 18:20 involving a Renault Laguna
A Renault Laguna hit a pedestrian on a C road in South Cambridgeshire at 18:20 on Tuesday 31 October 2006. A 70-year-old male pedestrian was killed.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 31 Oct 2006
- Tuesday, 18:20
- Vehicles
- 1
- Renault Laguna
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 killed
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.30751, longitude 0.06395, in the CB24 postcode district and within the built-up area of Willingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Over & Willingham, South Cambridgeshire, CB24 5JS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in South Cambridgeshire
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2006350487906
- Council area
- South Cambridgeshire
- Police force
- Cambridgeshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Cambridgeshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 67 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 September 2018.
Slight
Lorry crash on an unclassified road in South Cambridgeshire, 24 September 2018
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Slight
Bicycle crash on a C road in South Cambridgeshire, 5 September 2008
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Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in South Cambridgeshire, 24 July 1987
120 m awayRef 1987352133587
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on a C road in South Cambridgeshire, 28 August 2006
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Serious
Lifan LF 125 crash on a C road in South Cambridgeshire, 3 October 2011
161 m awayRef 2011350877411
Slight
Audi A4 crash on an unclassified road in South Cambridgeshire, 30 March 2025
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Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Renault Laguna
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
FatalMale, aged 70, hit by vehicle 1 (Renault Laguna)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
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 2006350487906 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 2006.