A14 crash in South Cambridgeshire on 6 March 2007 at 10:00 involving a DAF Trucks FTG 95XF lorry
Seven vehicles, including a DAF Trucks FTG 95XF lorry and a Nissan Micra, were involved in a crash on the A14 in South Cambridgeshire at 10:00 on Tuesday 6 March 2007. All six casualties 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
- 6 Mar 2007
- Tuesday, 10:00
- Vehicles
- 7
- DAF Trucks FTG 95XF and 6 others
- Casualties
- 6
- 6 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.2547, longitude 0.02941, in the CB23 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bar Hill, South Cambridgeshire, CB23 8EU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in South Cambridgeshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2007350099807
- 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
- 14
- 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
- 10%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 90%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 9 February 1998.
Serious
Ford Transit crash on the A14 in South Cambridgeshire, 9 February 1998
10 m awayRef 1998350076298
Slight
DAF Trucks FTG 85CF crash on the A14 in South Cambridgeshire, 16 June 2011
10 m awayRef 2011350682611
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A14 in South Cambridgeshire, 8 April 2002
14 m awayRef 2002350173502
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A14 in South Cambridgeshire, 14 September 2023
17 m awayRef 2023351356325
Serious
Honda crash on the A14 in South Cambridgeshire, 28 April 1999
20 m awayRef 1999350187099
Slight
Renault Laguna crash on the A14 in South Cambridgeshire, 13 February 1998
22 m awayRef 1998350086198
Vehicles involved (7)
Vehicle 1: DAF Trucks FTG 95XF
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 12,580 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,240 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 3: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 4: Ford Galaxy
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- 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
- 2,259 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 5: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- 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
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 6: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- 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
- 38 years
Vehicle 7: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- 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
- 55 years
Casualties (6)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 48, goods vehicle occupant (7.5 tonnes and over), in vehicle 1 (DAF Trucks FTG 95XF)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Micra)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Audi A3)
Casualty 4: Driver
SlightMale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Ford Galaxy)
Casualty 5: Driver
SlightMale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 5 (Renault Clio)
Casualty 6: Driver
SlightMale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 6 (Car)
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 2007350099807 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 2007.